Dysodia rajah (Boisduval, [1875] -

Taxonomic Information

Dysodia Clemens, 1860 species known from Indian subcontinent:

Dysodia ignita (Walker, [1866]). Assam, Sikkim; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar.

Dysodia fenestrata Moore, 1881. Sikkim, Assam; Sri Lanka. 

Dysodia laevis Warren, 1900. Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka; Laos; Myanmar.

Dysodia miniata Walker, 1863.  S. India, Sikkim. 

Dysodia rajah rajah (Boisduval, 1874). Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya; Nepal; Bangladesh.

Dysodia siccifolia Moore, 1881. West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim.

Dysodia taprobana Moore, 1884. ‘Hindustan’, Tamil Nadu, Assam; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka.

Dysodia viridatrix Walker, [1858]. Sri Lanka; Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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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
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. OD: Pachythyris rajah Boisduval, [1875], in Boisduval & Guenee, Hist. nat. lnsectes (Lepid.) 1: 492 [TL:Silhet, Bangladesh]. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37726#page/506/mode/1up
  2. Dysodia rajah Li, 1996: 133, figs 28, 32, 39.
 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 138/35. 
  4. http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?dysodia-raja-boisduval-1874plate-91 [accessed 11 August 2021] as Dysodia raja.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1020066-Dysodia-raja 

Misspelt as Dysodia raja instead of Dysodia rajah by numerous authors (refer OD for correct spelling).

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Dysodia rajah (Boisduval, [1875] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dysodia-rajah, accessed 2024/04/24.