Cricula agria Jordan, 1909 -

Taxonomic Information

Cricula Walker, 1855 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Cricula agria Jordan, 1909. India: Tamil Nadu (Travancore: TL). 
Cricula gandhii Naumann & Löffler, 2013. Arunachal Pradesh (Rapum, near Along: TL). 
Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer, 1837). India, Nepal, Bhutan. 
Cricula trifenestrata andamanica Jordan, 1909. Andaman Is. 
Cricula tremula Naumann & Löffler, 2013. Myanmar. 
Cricula andrei Jordan, 1909. India: Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh; Bhutan. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka4
Kerala13
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total17
  1. OD: Cricula agria Jordan, 1909. On the Species of Cricula (Saturniidae), Novit. zool. 16 (2) : 300-332. Pg. 305. Listed as a subspecies of C. trinfenestrata

Note: Occurs in a pale and a dark form.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Cricula agria Jordan, 1909 – . 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/cricula-agria, accessed 2024/03/29.