Salassa, Moore, 1859

Zheng, Xuhongyi & Wang, Dong, 2023, Description of a new species and a new group of Salassa Moore, 1859 (Lepidoptera Saturniidae) with a molecular study based on partial COI, Zootaxa 5375 (2), pp. 285-296 : 292

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.10
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9921A3E7-4086-4D9B-8E88-9C527BAC0BE6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10248402
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F02F08-2C53-FFB8-FF6A-B96BFBC7FAFA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Salassa
status

Treatment

royi -group of Salassa View in CoL

Diagnosis. The royi -group is characterized by (1) both the forewing and hindwing have relatively rounded greenish-hyaline ocelli; (2) the male hindwing has a relatively small greenish-hyaline ocellus; (3) absence of reddish or orange coloration around the ocellus of hindwing; (4) male genitalia with simplified valvae, uncus without upper projection.

Species composition. Salassa royi ( Elwes, 1887) , Salassa olivacea ( Oberthür, 1890) , Salassa tibaliva Zhu & Wang, 1993 , Salassa antkozlovi Brechlin, 2017 , Salassa pararoyi Brechlin, 2009 , Salassa sunwukongi sp. nov.

Distribution. Countries around Himalayas, including China, Bhutan and India.