Taxonomic Information
Perizoma Hübner, 1825 species known from Indian subcontinent (Kirti et al. 2019; Sondhi et al. 2022).
Perizoma affinis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Perizoma albidivisa Warren, 1893. India: Naga hills.
Perizoma albifrons Inoue, 2000. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal.
Perizoma albofasciata (Moore, 1888). India: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim.
Perizoma antisticta antisticta Prout, 1938. India: Thundiani; Sultanpur.
Perizoma antisticta methemon Prout, 1939. India: Kashmir (Gulmarg).
Perizoma apicistrigata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Perizoma bicolor Warren, 1893. Sikkim about 12000ft.
Perizoma cerva (Hampson, 1902). India: , 2700ft.
Perizoma conjuncta Warren, 1893. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Myanmar.
Perizoma constricta Warren, 1901. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dalhousie).
Perizoma decorata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Perizoma fasciata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Perizoma fulvimacula fulvimacula (Hampson, 1896). India: NW Himalayas.
Perizoma hockingii (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharmsala).
Perizoma interrupta Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Perizoma lacernigera (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharmsala).
Perizoma lacteiguttata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Perizoma lucifrons Prout, 1926. India: Sikkim; Myanmar (Upper) Htawgaw.
Perizoma maculata (Moore, 1888). India: Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Perizoma micropunctum Inoue, 2000. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Perizoma minuta minuta (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharmsala).
Perizoma minuta latifasciata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Perizoma obligatum Inoue, 2000. Nepal; India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Perizoma olivacea (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Perizoma owadai Inoue, 2000. India: Sikkim (Thangahing), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Perizoma parvaria (Leech, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Perizoma peculiar Inoue, 2000. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Perizoma plumbeata (Moore, 1888). India: India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Uttarakhand.
Perizoma quadrinotata Warren, 1896. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Perizoma rectifasciata (Hampson, 1902). India: Sikkim.
Perizoma schistacea (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal.
Perizoma seriata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Perizoma tenuifascia Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Perizoma triplagiata Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Perizoma variabilis variabilis Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim, Tonglo.
Perizoma variabilis condignata Prout, 1938. India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharmsala).
Extralimital (unconfirmed records)
Perizoma herrichiata (Snellen, 1874)
Perizoma mordax Prout, 1939. Mount Everest.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Perizoma albofasciata -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Cidaria albofasciata Moore, 1,888. Lep. Atk. : 277; C & S no. 3839.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 374, # 3706 as Larentia albofasciata. Dist: Dharamsala, Sikkim.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 69/10.
- Sanyal, A.K. 2015. Diversity and distribution of moth assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in Gangotri landscape (Doctoral dissertation, Saurashtra University, India).
- Sanyal, A. K. , P. Dey, V. P. Uniyal, K. Chandra & A. Raha. 2017. Geometridae Stephens, 1829 from different altitudes in Western Himalayan Protected Areas of Uttarakhand, India (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). SHILAP Revta. lepid., 45 (177) marzo 2017: 143-163
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Perizoma albofasciata (Moore, 1888) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/perizoma-albofasciata, accessed 2026/05/18.