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Brahmaea Walker, 1855
Brahmaea Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1200
Brahmaea Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 6: 1315, TS: Brahmaea conchifera Butler
Brahmophthalma Mell, 1930; Dt. ent. Z. 1929: 346, TS: Bombyx wallichii Gray
Brahmaeops Bryk, 1949; Ark. Zool. 41A (1): 21, TS: Brahmaea japonica Butler

Brahmaea wallichii (Gray, 1831)
Bombyx wallichii Gray, 1831; Zool. Miscell. (1): 39, TL: Nepal
Brahmaea conchifera Butler, 1880; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 5: 188, TL: Sylhet
Misidentified/misapplied:
Brahmaea certhia; Walker, 1855, List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 6: 1316
B. w. japonica Butler, 1873
Brahmaea japonica Butler, 1873; Entomologist's mon. Mag. 10: 56, TL: Japan

Brahmaea ledereri Rogenhofer, 1873
B. l. zaba de Freina, 1982
Brahmaea ledereri zaba ; de Freina, 1994, Atalanta 25 (1/2): 339


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Some related literature:
Bryk, 1949
Zur Kenntnis der Großschmetterlinge von Korea. Pars. II Ark. Zool. 41A (1): 1-225, 7pls
de Freina, 1994
9. Beitrag zur sytematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens Atalanta 25 (1/2): 317-349
Gray, 1831
The Zoological Miscellany Zool. Miscell. (1): [1] 1-40
Walker, 1855
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)


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