Pagyda salvalis Walker, 1859 -

Taxonomic Information

Pagyda Walker, 1859 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Pagyda arbiter (Butler, 1879). India: Andaman Is. (Rao & Sivaperuman, 2022). 
Pagyda auroralis (Moore, [1888]). India (Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh).
Pagyda argyritis Hampson, 1899. India (Sikkim); Bhutan.
Pagyda botydalis (Snellen, 1880). Sri Lanka. 
Pagyda exalbalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Pagyda discolor Swinhoe, 1894. India (Meghalaya); Myanmar. 
Pagyda lustralis Snellen, 1890. India (Sikkim); Myanmar. 
Pagyda pulverulenta Swinhoe, 1901
Pagyda rubricatalis Swinhoe, 1890. Myanmar.
Pagyda straminealis Hampson, 1896. India (Sikkim). 
Pagyda salvalis Walker, 1859. India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka31
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra132
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu21
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand41
West Bengal11
Total211358102

Pagyda salvalis Walker, 1859Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 271, # 4803. 
  2. Irungbam, J. S., M. S. Chib & K. Wangdi. 2016. Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan (Lepidoptera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (2016) 355-382. Fig 5A.
  3. Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Field Guide to Indian Moths. Birdwing Publications. Pl. 17/1.
  4. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Pagyda-salvalis.php [accessed 27 December 2018]
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=264149 [accessed 27 December 2018]

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Pagyda salvalis Walker, 1859 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/pagyda-salvalis, accessed 2024/03/28.