Taxonomic Information
Giaura Walker, 1863 species known from India.
Giaura leucophaea Hampson, 1905
Giaura lichenosa (Hampson, 1896)
Giaura minor (Hampson, 1896)
Giaura multipunctata Swinhoe, 1919
Giaura niphea (Hampson, 1896)
Giaura niveidisca (Hampson, 1894)
Giaura robusta (Moore, 1888)
Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866])
Giaura sceptica (Swinhoe, 1885)
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Giaura sceptica -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Kerala | |||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
Giaura sceptica (Swinhoe, 1885): Butea monosperma (Fabaceae), Glycine max (Poaceae), Grewia tiliifolia, Grewia asiatica (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD : Symitha sceptica Swinhoe, 1885. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pg. 461, #109 & Pl. 27, fig 6. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697446#page/549/mode/1up. (not a good illustration).
- Clettharra sceptica; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. pg 385, #2244.
- Hampson, G. F. 1912. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum, Vol 11, pg. 283, #6571. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101549#page/309/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1912-1937. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 11, pg. 394 & fig 31c (not a good illustration).
- Komal, J., Shashank, P.R., Sondhi, S., Madan S., Sondhi, Y., Meshram, N.M., Anooj, S.S. 2021. Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Delhi, India: An illustrated checklist based on museum specimens and surveys. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e73997. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e73997. Fig 26 c
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1123462-Giaura-sceptica
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Giaura sceptica (Swinhoe, 1885) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/giaura-sceptica, accessed 2024/10/08.