Taxonomic Information
Nygmia Hübner, [1820] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]). India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka.
Nygmia marginata (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal; Nepal.
Nygmia plana (Walker, 1856). India: Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Andaman Is.; Nepal.
Nygmia staudingeri (Leech, [1889]). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Nygmia uniformis (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal; Nepal.
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 | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
- Phalaena icilia Stoll, [1790]. Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (2-5): 158, 183, pl. 35, f. 5; TL: Coromandel coast, Tranquebar. Text (German) at https://archive.org/stream/aanhangselvanhet1791stol#page/158/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/CUbiodiversity1277042-9600#page/n266/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. 479, # 1084 as Euproctis icilia.
- Wang, Wahlberg, Holloway, Bergsten, Fan, Janzen, Hallwachs, Wen, Wang & Nylin, 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions Cladistics 31 (6) : 579-592. For tribal placement.
- http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Nygmia_Icilia [accessed 29 August 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/nygmia-icilia, accessed 2025/10/29.