Description of a new species and a new group of Salassa Moore, 1859 (Lepidoptera Saturniidae) with a molecular study based on partial COI Author Zheng, Xuhongyi The Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China. Author Wang, Dong Enterprising Village # 154, Maigaoqiao Street, Qixia District, Nanjing 210028, China. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-22 5375 2 285 296 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5375.2.10/52330 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.10 1175-5326 10184108 9921A3E7-4086-4D9B-8E88-9C527BAC0BE6 royi -group of Salassa 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 .