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
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) - Common Fruit Piercing Moth: Anamirta spp., Cocculus laurifolius, Cyclea peltata, Tiliacora acuminata, Tinospora cordifolia (Menispermaceae), Citrus spp. (Rutaceae), Cissus quadrangularis (Vitaceae), Mitragyna diversifolia (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al 2010).
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- Wikipedia contributors. Eudocima phalonia [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Feb 25, 00:03 UTC [cited 2015 Sep 3]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eudocima_phalonia&oldid=648710084.
- Zilli, A. & W. Hogenes. 2002. An annotated list of the fruit-piercing moth genus Eudocima BlLLBERG, 1820 (sensu POOLE) with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae). Quadrifina. Band 5:153-207. Pdf
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) – Common Fruit Piercing Moth. 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/eudocima-phalonia, accessed 2024/10/13.