Pseudargyria parallelus (Zeller, 1867) -

Taxonomic Information

Pseudargyria Okano, 1962 species known from India.
Pseudargyria marginepunctalis (Hampson, 1896). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Punjab, Uttarakhand. 
Pseudargyria parallelus (Zeller, 1867). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya (Khasis); Myanmar. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Pseudargyria parallelus -


Similar species: Pseudargyria marginepunctalis (Hampson, 1896)
FW post-medial line single (double in marginepunctalis) & angled below costa (more angled in marginepunctalis), & then straight (crenulate in marginepunctalis). 

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh3
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total3
  1. OD: Crambus parallelus Zeller, 1867. Stettiner ent. Ztg 28: pg 389, Pl 2/fig 1. Text https://archive.org/details/stettinerentomol28ento/page/389/mode/1up?view=theater (in German). Plate at https://archive.org/details/stettinerentomol28ento/page/n472/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Platytes paralella; Fauna of British India, Moths of India, Vol. 4, pg. 20, #4186. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths04hamp/page/20/mode/1up?view=theater

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Pseudargyria parallelus (Zeller, 1867) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Pseudargyria-parallelus, accessed 2024/12/03.