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Good evening Dr. Seow Sir, I hope you are healthy & good as always.
Dear Dr. Seow Sir, these all Antheraea photographed in Tripura, Northeast India...Your help in identification will be highly appreciated...
1. Antheraea assamensis?
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2. Antheraea helferi or paphia (female)?
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3. Antheraea frithi?
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Thank you in advance....
Moths in India is just way too difficult and there few resources to check out the species.
Thankfully Antheraea have only a few large species.
1 is correctly A. assamensis.
The upperside is purple brown & the marginal zone distinctly paler.
https://mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sat...niidae_2_4.php
You need to download the pdf article Atlanta 47. for the rest.
What exactly is Antheraea paphia ?
https://www.google.com/search?q=anth...hrome&ie=UTF-8
2 is A. frithi female.
The rest 3 - 6 are males A. frithi.
They have strong scalloped postmedials & a yellow oval patch near the apex.
A. helferi have a 'black eyelid' on the HW eyespot.
https://mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sat...niidae_2_1.php
In A frithi female the FW ocellus may have a short bar running to the costa.
The FW may show some scallopped lines like the male.
SEE page 514 fig 33 female & page 513 males.
TL Seow: Cheers.
Thank you so much sir for your valuable time...:cheers: