Eudocima aurantia (Moore, 1877) -

Taxonomic Information

Eudocima Billberg, 1820 species known from Indian subcontinent.

Eudocima aurantia (Moore, 1877) (Ophideres). TL: Andamans, India. 
Eudocima cajeta (Cramer, [1775] (Phalaena). TL: India.
Eudocima discrepans (Walker, [1858](Ophideres). TL: Singapore. 

Eudocima homaena (Hübner, [1823] 1816) (Othreis). TL: India.

Eudocima hypermnestra (Stoll, [1780])(Phalaena). TL: India.

Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) (Phalaena). TL: “Indiis”.
Eudocima okurai (Okano, 1964) (Adris). TL: "East Palearctic". Dist. includes Myanmar.
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763)(Phalaena). TL: Africa. Dist. throughout India.
Eudocima salaminia (Cramer, [1777]) (Phalaena). TL: China. Dist. throughout India.
Eudocima sikhimensis (Butler, 1895). (Adris). TL: Oriental region. Dist. includes India.
Eudocima splendida (Yoshimoto, 1999). (Othreis). TL: Myanmar. 

Eudocima tyrannus (Guenée, In Boisduval and Guenée 1852b). TL: India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Eudocima aurantia -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
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
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total121
Eudocima aurantia (Moore, 1877): Diploclisia glaucescens (Menispermaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. OD: Ophideres aurantia Moore, 1877. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 607.
  2. Adris rutilus Moore, 1881, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond., 11: 70.
  3. Khadira aurantia Moore; Holloway, 1976: 36.
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 115/3. As Khadira aurantia
  5. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/calp/aurantia.html [accessed 03 September 2020]
  6. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/calpini/calpini_4_6.php
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Eudocima aurantia (Moore, 1877) – . 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/eudocima-aurantia, accessed 2024/04/24.