Plutodes exquisita Butler, 1880 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Plutodes Guenée, 1857 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019): 
Plutodes costatus (Butler, 1886). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand. 
Plutodes cyclaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Punjab?.
Plutodes digitata Kirti & Saxena. India: Sikkim (Gangtok: TL). 
Plutodes discigera Butler, 1880. India.
Plutodes exiguifascia Hampson, 1895. Sri Lanka. 
Plutodes exquisita Butler, 1880. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Plutodes flavescens Butler, 1880. India: NE Himalayas.
Plutodes lamisca Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Plutodes nilgirica Hampson, 1895. India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris: TL). 
Plutodes philornis Prout, 1926. India: Assam, Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Plutodes pseudocyclaria Kirti & Goyal, 2011. India: Devikulam, Kerala.
Plutodes subcaudata Butler, 1880. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Plutodes transmutata Walker, 1861. India: "N. India", Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttarakhand ; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Plutodes warreni Prout. 1923. India: "NW Himalaya", Arunachal Pradesh. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh31
Assam
Bihar
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
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Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
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Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
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Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Butler, A. G., Walsingham, T. D. G. B., & Hampson, G. F. (1893). Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum: The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon. order of the Trustees. Part VI, 1886 Pl. CXIX. Page 80
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo pl. 69/22
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=155725 [accessed 15 Sep 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Plutodes exquisita Butler, 1880 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/plutodes-exquisita, accessed 2024/04/18.