Salassa tonkiniana Le Moult, 1933

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Kondakov, Alexander V., Bovykina, Galina V., Okulova, Anastasia I. & Spitsyna, Elizaveta A., 2025, The Brahmaeidae and Saturniidae of Laos (Lepidoptera), Ecologica Montenegrina 84, pp. 108-152 : 146-152

Salassa tonkiniana Le Moult, 1933

Distribution in Laos. Houaphan Province (BOLD).

Remarks. (1) Records of Salassa tonkiniana Le Moult, 1933 from Laos were not reported, but there are COI sequences of this species from Houaphan Province in BOLD. (2) What species from Luang Prabang Province was identified as “ Salassa thespis (Leech, 1890) [?]” by Brosch et al. (1999) remains unclear.

Check-list of the Brahmaeidae and Saturniidae of Laos

Brahmaeidae Swinhoe, 1892

1 Brahmaea hearseyi Phongsaly Province, Oudomsay Province, Brosch et al. 1999; White, 1862 Luang Prabang Province, Vientiane Racheli et al. 2008; Province, Boli Kham Xai Province, Kishida et al. 2020; Champasak Province, Attopu Province this study

2 Brahmaea wallichii Luang Prabang Province (Gray, 1831)

Brosch et al. 1999

Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837]

1 Attacus atlas Phongsaly Province, Luang Namtha Brosch et al. 1999; (Linnaeus, 1758) Province, Luang Prabang Province, Racheli & Racheli Vientiane Province, Boli Kham Xai 2006; Racheli et al .

Province, Xieng Khouang Province, 2008; Kishida et al. Champasak Province, Sekong Province 2020; this study

2 Archaeoattacus Phongsaly Province, Luang Namtha Brosch et al. 1999;

malayanus Province, Luang Prabang Province, Racheli et al. 2008;

(Kurosawa & Vientiane Province, Xieng Khouang Naumann et al. 2016;

Kishida, 1984) Province Kishida et al. 2020;

this study

3 Archaeoattacus Champasak Province vietnamensis

Naumann, Rougerie

& Nässig, 2016

this study

4 Samia canningi Phongsaly Province, Luang Namtha Brosch et al. 1999; (Hutton, 1860) Province, Oudomsay Province, Luang Racheli et al. 2008; this Prabang Province, Boli Kham Xai Province study

5 Samia beekei Phongsaly Province, Luang Namtha this study

Paukstadt & Province, Vientiane Province, Champasak

Paukstadt, 2012 Province, Sekong Province, Attopu

Province

6 Actias maenas Phongsaly Province, Luang Prabang Brosch et al. 1999; Doubleday, 1847 Province, Vientiane Province, Boli Kham Racheli et al. 2008; Xai Province Kishida et al. 2020; BOLD; this study

7 Actias rhodopneuma Phongsaly Province, Luang Prabang Brosch et al. 1999; (Röber, 1925) Province, Houaphan Province Racheli et al. 2008; Kishida et al. 2020; this study

8 Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855)

8a Actias sinensis Luang Namtha Province, Boli Kham Xai Brosch et al. 1999; sinensis (Walker, Province Racheli et al. 2008 1855)

8b Actias sinensis siriae Champasak Province Brechlin & Van

Schayck, 2017 this study 9 Actias parasinensis Phongsaly Province Brechlin, 2009

this study

10 Actias laotiana Xieng Khouang Province, Luang Prabang Testout 1936; Kishida Testout, 1936 Province et al. 2020

11 Actias Louang Namtha Province, Houaphan BOLD australovietnama Province , Xieng Khouang Province

Brechlin, 2000

12 Actias chapae (Mell, 1950)

12a Actias chapae Houaphan Province chapae (Mell, 1950)

BOLD

13 Actias selene Phongsaly Province, Louang Namtha Brosch et al. 1999; (Hübner, [1807]) Province, Luang Prabang Province, Xieng Racheli et al. 2008; Khouang Province (?) Kishida et al. 2020; this study

14 Actias laovieta Champasak Province, Sekong Province, Naumann et al. 2017; Naumann, Nässig & Attapu Province this study

Löffler, 2017

15 Antheraea Phongsaly Province, Louang Namtha Kishida et al. 2020; assamensis (Helfer, Province, Luang Prabang Province, BOLD; this study 1837) Vientiane Province, Boli Kham Xai

Province, Xieng Khouang Province,

Champasak Province, Sekong Province

16 Antheraea platessa Luang Prabang Province, Attopu Province Brosch et al. 1999; this Rothschild, 1903 study

17 Antheraea Luang Prabang Province steinkeorum

U. Paukstadt,

L. Paukstadt &

Brosch, 1999

Paukstadt et al. 1999; Brosch et al. 1999

18 Antheraea lampei Phongsaly Province, Luang Prabang Brosch et al. 1999; Nässig & Holloway, Province Kishida et al. 2020; 1989 this study

19 Antheraea Champasak Province vietnamensis

Brechlin &

Paukstadt, 2010

this study

20 Antheraea helferi Phongsaly Province, Luang Prabang Brosch et al. 1999; Moore, 1859 Province, Boli Kham Xai Province Racheli et al. 2008; this study

21 Antheraea ridlyi Moore, 1892 stat. rev.

21a Antheraea ridlyi Bolikhamxai Province, Attopu Province Paukstadt & van siriae Paukstadt & Schayck 2022;

van Schayck, 2022 this study comb. nov. & stat.

rev.

22 Antheraea frithi Phongsaly Province, Luang Namtha Brosch et al. 1999; Moore, 1859 Province, Luang Prabang Province, Boli Racheli et al. 2008;

Kham Xai Province, Vientiane Province, Peigler & Naumann

Champasak Province, Sekong Province, 2016; this study

Attapu Province

23 Antheraea tonkinensis Bouvier, 1936

23a Antheraea Attapu Province tonkinensis luteofrithi Naumann,

Nässig & Löffler,

2017 comb. nov. &

stat. rev.

this study

24 Antheraea Sekong Province angustomarginata

Brechlin & Meister,

2009

this study

25 Cricula jordani Phongsaly Province, Luang Prabang Brosch et al. 1999; Bryk, 1944 Province, Boli Kham Xai Province Racheli et al. 2008; Kishida et al. 2020; this study

26 Cricula trifenestrata Phongsaly Province, Luang Prabang Brosch et al. 1999;

(Helfer, 1837) Province, Champasak Province Kishida et al. 2020; this study

27 Cricula gafti Spitsyn Phongsaly Province this study

& Spitsyna, sp. nov.

28 Lemaireia gulo Phongsaly Province, Luang Namtha Brosch et al. 1999;

Spitsyn & Spitsyna, Province, Oudomxai Province, Luang Racheli et al. 2008;

sp. nov. Prabang Province, Vientiane Province, Kishida et al. 2020;

Houaphan Province this study

29 Lemaireia cheshiri Phongsaly Province, Houaphan Province this study; BOLD Spitsyn & Spitsyna ,

sp. nov.

30 Loepa siamensis Brechlin, 2010

30a Loepa siamensis Phongsaly Province, Luang Namtha Brosch et al. 1999; siamensis Brechlin , Province , Luang Prabang Province, Racheli et al. 2008; 2010 Vientiane Province, Houaphan Province, Kishida et al. 2020; Xieng Khouang Province, Khammouan this study Province

31 Loepa peggyae Brechlin, 2010

31a Loepa peggyae Attopu Province peggyae Brechlin,

2010

this study

31b Loepa peggyae Sekong Province, Champasak Province this study bolovena Spitsyn &

Spitsyna, ssp. nov.

32 Loepa anthera Luang Prabang Province, Boli Kham Xai Brosch et al. 1999; Jordan, 1911 Province Racheli & Racheli 2006

33 Loepa diffundata Phongsaly Province, Luang Prabang Naumann et al. 2008; Naumann, Nässig & Province, Sainyabuli Province, Vientiane this study

Löffler, 2008 Province, Houaphanh Province

34 Loepa Champasak Province, Sekong Province this study diffunorientalis

Brechlin, 2010

35 Saturnia (Caligula) Luang Prabang Province simla Westwood,

1847

36 Saturnia (Rinaca) Luang Prabang Province lesoudieri (Le

Moult, 1933)

Kishida et al. 2020

Brosch et al. 1999

37 Saturnia Phongsaly Province, Luang Namtha Brosch et al. 1999; (Cachosaturnia) Province, Luang Prabang Province, Racheli et al. 2008; cachara (Moore, Vientiane Province, Huaphane Province, Naumann et al. 2012; 1872) Xam Neua Province, Xieng Khouang Kishida et al. 2020 Province

38 Saturnia (Eriogyna) Houaphan Province, Xieng Khouang Kishida et al. 2020; centralis Naumann Province BOLD

& Loffer, 2005

39 Rhodinia newara Luang Prabang Province, Xieng Khouang Kishida et al. 2020 (Moore, 1872) Province

40 Solus Xieng Khouang Province parvifenestrata

Bryk, 1944

41 Salassa tonkiniana Houaphan Province Le Moult, 1933

Acknowledgements

Kishida et al. 2020

BOLD

This study was supported by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project No. FUUW-2023-0001). The authors are grateful to Dr. Galina N. Antonovskaya (Arkhangelsk, Russia) and Dr. Alexander E. Kostyunin (Kemerovo, Russia) for providing the specimens of Antheraea tonkinensis luteofrithi Naumann, Nässig & Löffler, 2017 from Vietnam and of Loepa siamensis Brechlin, 2010 from Thailand.

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