Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea, Saturniidae
Loepa sikkima
Golden Emperor Moth

Kadoorie Agricultural Research Centre
Shek Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong

photographed in 1997 as part of my Ph.D. studies. This species came to light at the moth trap and is resting on the mosquito mesh on the window of my Ph.D. quarters.

Note: this species may not be L. sikkima, but one of the other very similar species known from the eastern Oriental region, possibly Loepa kuangtungensis.