Taxonomic Information
Laelia Stephens, 1828 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Laelia adalia Swinhoe, 1900. TL: Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.
Laelia atestacea Hampson, [1893]. West Bengal.
Laelia aurantiaca (Warren, 1888). NW Himalaya.
Laelia calamaria Hampson, 1900. Nilgiris.
Laelia cardinalis Hampson, [1893]. Sri Lanka.
Laelia cervina (Moore, 1879). India.
Laelia cinnamomea (Moore, 1879). NW Himalaya.
Laelia colon (Hampson, 1891). Nilgiris.
Laelia devestita (Walker, 1865). West Bengal.
Laelia exclamationis (Kollar, 1848). India.
Laelia farinosa Röber, 1925. Naga Hills.
Laelia fasciata (Moore, [1883]). Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Laelia juvenis (Walker, 1855). Sri Lanka.
Laelia lilacina Moore, 1884. Nilgiris.
Laelia litura (Walker, 1855). NW Himalayas; Nepal.
Laelia pallida Moore, 1884. Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Laelia prolata Swinhoe, 1892. India.
Laelia testacea (Walker, 1855). N. India.
Laelia umbrina (Moore, 1888). N. & S. India.
Laelia uniformis Hampson, 1891. Nilgiris.
Laelia venosa Moore, 1877. West Bengal, Andamans.
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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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Total | 2 | 3 | 2 |
- OD: Charnidas litura Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 797; TL: Nepal. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso46brit#page/797/mode/1up
- 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. 443, # 984.
- Kaleka, A.S. & Kaur, N., 2019. Studies on internal genitalic features of two species of genus Laelia Stephens (Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) from India. Journal of Entomological Research, 43(3), pp.387-390.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Laelia litura (Walker, 1855) – . 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/laelia-litura, accessed 2024/04/18.