Taxonomic Information
Polythlipta Lederer, 1863 species known from India.
Polythlipta cerealis Lederer, 1863. India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh.
Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Tamil Nadu (?), Kerala (?).
Polythlipta divaricata Moore, 1885. India: Nagaland, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Polythlipta euroalis Swinhoe, 1889. India: NE India, Assam (Sivasagar), West Bengal.
Polythlipta inconspicua Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya.
Polythlipta liquidalis Leech, 1889.
Polythlipta macralis Lederer, 1863.
Polythlipta ossealis Lederer, 1863. India: Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya; Bhutan.
Polythlipta peragrata Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Polythlipta rivulalis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim.
Polythlipta vagalis Walker, 1866. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Polythlipta distorta -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD : Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888. Descriptions of Indian Lepidoptera Heterocera from the collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson.pg 215 & Pl 7 fig 25. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4824364#page/233/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4824364#page/337/mode/1up
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1272295-Polythlipta-distorta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888 – . 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/polythlipta-distorta, accessed 2025/10/28.