''Brahmaea'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Brahmaeidae
Brahmaeidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, ...
. ''Acanthobrahmaea'', ''Brahmidia'', and ''Brachygnatha'' are synonyms. ''Acanthobrahmaea'' has sometimes been considered a subgenus, describing an endemic relict species that only occurs in the vicinity of the
Monte Vulture in Italy.
Species
*''Brachygnatha diastemata'', found in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
(Shaanxi).
Zhang & Yang, 1993
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Brahmaea ardjoeno''
(Kalis, 1934)
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Brahmaea celebica''
Toxopeus, 1939
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Brahmaea certhia''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Brahmaea christophi''
Staudinger, 1879
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Brahmaea hearseyi''
(White, 1862)
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Brahmaea japonica''
(Butler, 1873)
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Brahmaea ledereri''
(Rogenhofer, 1873)
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Brahmaea litserra''
H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002
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Brahmaea loeffleri''
Naumann & Brosch, 2005
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Brahmaea naessigi''
Naumann & Brosch, 2005
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Brahmaea paukstadtorum''
Naumann & Brosch, 2005
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Brahmaea tancrei''
(Austaut, 1896)
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Brahmaea wallichii''
(Gray, 1831)
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Brahmidia polymehntas''
H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002
References
Further reading
* , 1982: Eine neue population von ''Brahmaea ledereri'' Rogenhofer, 1873, (''Brahmaea ledereri zaba'' ssp. n.) in Türkisch-Kurdistan, sowie nachweis der konspezifität von ''Brahmaea ledereri'' Rogenhofer, 1873, und ''Brahmaea christophi'' Staudinger, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae). ''Entomofauna'' 3 (9): 129–139. Full article
* , 2002: Two new species of ''Brahmaeidae'' from China (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae). ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 45 (Suppl.): 53–55. Full article
* , 2005: Zur verbreitung der ''hearseyi''-Gruppe (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae: Brahmaea Walker, 1855) in Indonesien und auf den Philippinen. ''Galathea'' 21 (2): 97–104.
Brahmaeidae
Bombycoidea genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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