Taxonomic Information
Karana Moore, 1882 species known from India (Joshi et al., 2025).
Karana decorata Moore, 1882. India: Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling); Nepal.
Karana gemmifera (Walker, [1858]. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand; Nepal; Pakistan; Myanmar.
Karana similis (Moore, 1888). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kangra).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Plusia gemmifera Walker, 1857. List of the Specimens of lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 12: 934 ( Plusia). (Holotype: male, locality not stated, NHM (BMNH), London).
- 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. 217, # 1742 as Euplexia gemmifera.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Pl. 46/1-2.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karana_gemmifera
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=282182 [accessed 24 December 2017]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Karana gemmifera (Walker, [1858]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/karana-gemmifera, accessed 2025/12/13.