Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775) -

Taxonomic Information

Dichromia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854 species known from India. 
Dichromia cognata (Moore, 1885). Sri Lanka; India. 
Dichromia laesalis (Walker, [1859]). India. 
Dichromia occatus (Moore, 1882). Sri Lanka; India: Cherrapunji, Khasia Hills, Meghalaya. 
Dichromia opulenta (Christoph, 1877). Pakistan. 
Dichromia orosia Meyrick, 1913. Sri Lanka. 
Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885. Sri Lanka; India. 
Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]. India: North Hinudstan, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Andamans, Nicobar. 
Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775). India. 
Dichromia thermesialis (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka; India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Dichromia triangularis (Moore, 1882). Myanmar; India: Khasia Hills, Meghalaya. 
Dichromia trigonalis Guenée, 1854. India. 
Dichromia triplicalis Walker, [1859]. India: South India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam1
Bihar
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Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh11
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka111451
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga11
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total12114155212

Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775): Dregea volubilis, Tylophora asthmatica, Tylophora ovata (Apocynaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Anonymous. 2013. ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Dichromia-sagitta.php [accessed 25 March 2017]
  2. Wikipedia contributors. Dichromia sagitta [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2017 Jan 18, 22:50 UTC [cited 2017 Mar 25]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dichromia_sagitta&oldid=760761389.

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.42. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dichromia-sagitta, accessed 2023/03/27.