Taxonomic Information
Pantana Walker, 1855 species known from India.
Pantana albifascia (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal, Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Pantana delineata (Walker, 1855). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Assam, Meghalaya (Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills); Bangladesh.
Pantana eurygania Druce, 1899. India: Meghalaya.
Pantana interjecta Swinhoe, 1891. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Pantana luteiceps Swinhoe, 1896. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal.
Pantana substrigosa Walker, 1855. India: Assam, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Bangladesh.
Pantana terminata (Walker, 1865). N. India; Bangladesh.
Pantana visum Hübner, 1825. India: NE India, West Bengal; Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 2 |
- OD: Aroa substrigosa Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 794. TL: Sylhet. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso46brit/page/794/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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 439.
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta:Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. pg. 285, Pl. 28/13 as Aroa substrigosa. Male & female.
- Wang, H., Wahlberg, N., Holloway, J.D., Bergsten, J., Fan, X., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Wen, L., Wang, M. and Nylin, S., 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions. Cladistics, 31(6), pp.579-592. Pg. 10. For transfer from Aroa to Pantana.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=406369 [accessed 31 December 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pantana substrigosa (Walker, 1855) – . 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/pantana-substrigosa, accessed 2025/10/24.


