Taxonomic Information
List of Dalima known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Dalima apicata apicata Moore, 1868. India: Bengal.
Dalima calamina (Butler, 1880). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Dalima gigantea Swinhoe, 1897. India: Jaintia Hills, North India.
Dalima intricata Warren, 1893. Bhutan; India: Khasis, Meghalaya.
Dalima latitans (Warren, 1893). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal, Himalaya.
Dalima lucens (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Dalima nubilata Hampson, 1895. India: Nagas, 6000ft, Nagaland.
Dalima patularia (Walker, 1860). India: North India.
Dalima schistacearia Moore, 1868. India: Bengal.
Dalima truncataria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal, Sikkim.
Dalima vulpinaria (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
- pg. 239, #3335
- Pl 9/4.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/02_Ennominae/075_Dalima/Dalima%20schistacearia/Dalima%20schistacearia.htm [accessed 03 February 2017] Typical form is more purplish brown.
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=274434 [accessed 03 February 2017]
- Moore, F. (1867). On the Lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Pg 615.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Dalima schistacearia Moore, [1868] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.62. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dalima-schistacearia, accessed 2023/12/08.