Taxonomic Information
Petelia Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] species known from India.
Petelia albopunctata (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Petelia delostigma Prout, 1932.
Petelia distracta (Walker, 1860). India.
Petelia capitata (Walker, 1867). India; Sri Lanka.
Petelia fasciata (Moore, 1868). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Petelia immaculata Hampson, 1893. India; Sri Lanka.
Petelia medardaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1856. Indian subregion.
Petelia riobearia (Walker, 1860). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Petelia paroobathra Prout, 1932. India (?); Borneo; Sumatra.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 3 |
- Petelia immaculata Hampson, 1893. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 140, pl. 168/6 & 12. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/140/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n216/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 8/6. The image shown in MON is not Petelia medardaria but possibly Petelia immaculata.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Images 194-197.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 329.
Note: Identity of species from Tale WLS confirmed by Dieter Stüning for Sondhi et al. 2021 paper.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Petelia immaculata Hampson, 1893 – . 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/petelia-immaculata, accessed 2025/10/26.