Churinga beema (Moore, 1865) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Churinga Moore, 1878 known from India. 
Churinga beema (Moore, 1865), India (West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh). 
Churinga metaxantha (Hampson, 1895), India (Uttarakhand, Sikkim). 
Churinga rufifrons Moore, 1878, India (Sikkim, NW Himalayas, West Bengal, Uttarakhand).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Churinga beema -


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
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. OD: Lithosia beema Moore, 1865. Proc. Zool. Soc.Lond., 1(3): 798. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90412#page/910/mode/1up
  2. 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 527 p - 333 fig. Pg 67, # 1313.
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 40/2,
  4. Kishida, Y., 1998. A new species of the genus Churinga (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) from Thailand. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 49(4): 242–244.
  5. Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1, pp 1-205. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 173.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Churinga beema (Moore, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/churinga-beema, accessed 2024/03/28.