Taxonomic Information
Dysphania Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent (Kirti et al. 2019 and Lepindex).
Dysphania andamana (Moore, 1877). Andamans.
Dysphania alloides Prout, 1916. Andamans, Port Blair
Dysphania glaucescens glaucescens (Walker, 1862). Indian Himalayas.
Dysphania flavidiscalis Warren, 1895. Myanmar.
Dysphania jessica (Swinhoe, 1908). Nicobars, Nancoury; Andamans, Port Blair.
Dysphania malayanus recessa (Walker, 1862). Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Dysphania militaris (Linnaeus, 1758). N. India. Uttarakhand east to NE. India.
Dysphania nelera (Swinhoe, 1891). Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala.
Dysphania palmyra (Stoll, [1790]). Maharashtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Dysphania percota (Swinhoe, 1891). Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala.
Dysphania porphyroides Prout, 1917. Andaman Islands.
Dysphania prunicolor (Moore, 1879). Sri Lanka.
Dysphania subrepleta excubitor (Moore, 1879). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Dysphania percota (Swinhoe, 1891): Carallia brachiata (Rhizophoraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Euschema percota Swinhoe, 1891. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 24:142.
- 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 471, # 3997.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.) 1932. Macro. Lep. Vol. 12, pg. 65, pl. 7b.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Pl. 5:75.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphania_percota
- http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319698-Dysphania-percota
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Dysphania-percota.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Dysphania percota (Swinhoe, 1891) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dysphania-percota, accessed 2024/10/14.