Campylotes desgodinsi Oberthür, 1884 -

Taxonomic Information

Campylotes Westwood, [1840] species known from India.
Campylotes altissima Elwes, 1890. India: Sikkim (TL). 
Campylotes atkinsoni Moore, 1879. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling). 
Campylotes excelsa Oberthür, 1896. India: Sikkim (TL). 
Campylotes histrionicus Westwood, [1840]. India: Himalaya; Nepal.
Campylotes kotzechi Röber, 1926. India: Assam (TL). 
Campylotes wernickei Röber, 1925. India: Assam (TL). ​​​​​​​
Campylotes burmana Hampson, 1920. Myanmar. 
Campylotes desgodinsi Oberthür, 1884. India: Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Campylotes sikkimensis Elwes, 1890. India: Sikkim (TL). ​​​​​​​
Campylotes splendida Elwes, 1890. NE India. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur11
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total31

Campylotes desgodinsi Oberthür, 1884: Rhododendron sp. (Ericaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Hampson, G. F [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae. Pg. 275 #587
  2. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/60_ZYGAENOIDEA/Zygaenidae/47_1%20Chalcosiinae/09_Campylotes/Campylotes%20desgodinsi/Campylotes%20desgodinsi.htm [accessed 15 December 2016]
  3. Natural History Museum, London. Butterflies & Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/ImagesSearchResults.dsml?IMAGE_ID=438.0&FAMILY=ZYGAENIDAE&beginIndex=2&listPageURL=ImageList%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dZYGAENIDAE&searchPageURL=SearchImages%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dZYGAENIDAE [accessed 15 December 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Campylotes desgodinsi Oberthür, 1884 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/campylotes-desgodinsi, accessed 2025/10/17.