Taxonomic Information
Palpita Hübner, 1808 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Palpita albifulvata Kirti & Rose, 1992. India.
Palpita annulata (Fabricius, 1794). Myanmar; Sri Lanka; India.
Palpita annulifer Inoue, 1996. India.
Palpita ardealis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Andamans, Nicobar Islands.
Palpita asiaticalis Inoue, 1994. India.
Palpita bambusalis (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Palpita conclusalis (Walker, 1866). India.
Palpita fraterna (Moore, 1888). Nepal; India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Palpita hexcornutialis Kirti & Rose, 1992. India: Mussoorie, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Palpita indannulata Inoue, 1996. Nepal; India: Chapauli, Uttar Pradesh.
Palpita indistans (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Palpita kiminensis Kirti & Rose, 1992. Nepal; Myanmar; India: Kimin, Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh.
Palpita munroei Inoue, 1996. Nepal; India.
Palpita oblita (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Palpita pajnii Kirti & Rose, 1992. Nepal; India: Deomali, Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh.
Palpita palpifulvata Kirti & Rose, 1992. India: Deomali, Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh.
Palpita perunionalis Inoue, 1994. Nepal; India.
Palpita picticostalis (Hampson, 1896). Myanmar; India: Andaman Islands.
Palpita pulverulenta (Hampson, 1918). Sri Lanka.
Palpita robusta (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Palpita sejunctalis Inoue, 1997. Myanmar.
Palpita semimicroptera Inoue, 1996. Nepal.
Palpita sphenocosma (Meyrick, 1894). India: Shillong, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794). India.
Palpita warrenalis (Swinhoe, 1894). Nepal; India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
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 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Palpita spp. Hübner, 1808 – . 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/palpita-spp, accessed 2025/10/31.