Brahmaea is a genus of moths of the family Brahmaeidae. 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

• Brahmaea ardjoeno (Kalis, 1934)

• Brahmaea europaea (Hartig, 1963)

• Brahmaea celebica Toxopeus, 1939

• Brahmaea certhia (Fabricius, 1793)

• Brahmaea christophi Staudinger, 1879

• Brahmaea hearseyi (White, 1862)

• Brahmaea japonica (Butler, 1873)

• Brahmaea ledereri (Rogenhofer, 1873)

• Brahmaea litserra H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002

• Brahmaea loeffleri Naumann & Brosch, 2005

• Brahmaea naessigi Naumann & Brosch, 2005

• Brahmaea paukstadtorum Naumann & Brosch, 2005

• Brahmidia polymehntas H.L. Hao, X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002

• Brahmaea tancrei (Austaut, 1896)

• Brahmaea wallichii (Gray, 1831)

See also Brachygnatha diastemata, found in China (Shaanxi).Zhang & Yang, 1993

References

Further reading

• Freina de, J.J., 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: http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ENT_0003_0129-0139.pdf.

• Hao, H.L.; X.R. Zhang & J.K. Yang, 2002: Two new species of Brahmaeidae from China (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 45 (Suppl.): 53–55. Full article: https://web.archive.org/web/20210305073148/http://www.insect.org.cn/temp/%7B6FA7751E-FD97-4A0F-AD31-ED082019AAD1%7D.pdf

• Naumann, S. & U. Brosch, 2005: Zur verbreitung der hearseyi-Gruppe (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae: Brahmaea Walker, 1855) in Indonesien und auf den Philippinen. Galathea 21 (2): 97–104.