Taxonomic Information
Aergina Solovyev, 2014 species known from India.
Aergina hilaris (Westwood, 1848). Indian subcontinent: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
Aergina laeta (Westwood, 1848). Sri Lanka.
Aergina retracta (Walker, 1865). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Aergina fumosa (Swinhoe, 1889). S. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka.
Aergina mirza (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar, India: Kerala.
Aergina paeera (Hampson, 1897). Sri Lanka.
Aergina liharis (Rose, 2004). India: Punjab.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Aergina hilaris and Aergina retracta (Walker, 1865)
The species (A. hilaris) is somewhat similar to A. mirza, but in A. hilaris the forewing green area is broader. This species (Aergina mirza) is characterized externally by a narrow medial green area in the forewings, which is similar to A. retracta, but this area is slightly wider in A. mirza.
Aergina retracta (Walker, 1865)
Parasa retracta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 483; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/483/mode/1up?view=theater
Parasa chlorozonata Hampson, 1896, Fauna of the British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths 4: 485. TL: “Ceylon”. Holotype: male (BMNH).
Parasa angustivittata Hering, 1931, in Seitz, Macro Lep. World Vol. 10: 695, Pl. 86l. TL: “Ceylon”. Holotype: male (ZMHB).
Solovyev, A.V. (2014) Parasa Moore Auct: Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). In: Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich. Akademischer Verlag München, München, 240 pp.
Diagnosis (Solovyev 2014): The forewing length is 9–10 mm in males and about 13 mm in females. This species is distinguished from its congeners by a narrow, sinusoid medial green area in the forewings; this area has a very narrow neck medially, and may be reduced near the costa. Externally it may be confused with A. mirza, but the green area in the forewings of A. retracta is narrower.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1291982-Aergina-retracta
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 2 |
- Parasa mirza Swinhoe, 1890, Transactions of the entomological Society of London: 192, pl. 6: fig. 14. Type locality: “Thyetmyo” [Myanmar]. Holotype: female (BMNH). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14678751#page/228/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14678759#page/815/mode/1up
- Parasa mirza; Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro Lep. World Vol. 10: 695, Pl. 86l.
- Solovyev, A.V. (2014) Parasa Moore Auct: Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). In: Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich. Akademischer Verlag München, München, 240 pp.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1291985-Aergina-mirza
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Aergina mirza (Swinhoe, 1890) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/aergina-mirza, accessed 2025/11/22.