Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976 -

Taxonomic Information

Pterogonia Swinhoe, 1891 species known from Indian subcontinent.

Pterogonia aurigutta (Walker, 1858). (Thalatta). India (N.E. Himalaya, Andamans, Sikkim, Jharkhand); Sri Lanka; Nepal; Bhutan.

Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976. India (Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh). 

Pterogonia cassidata Warren, 1916. India (Karnataka). 

Pterogonia episcopalis Swinhoe, 1891. India (Nagaland, Nilgiris, Kerala, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu); Nepal.
Pterogonia nubes (Hampson, 1893). India (Mizoram, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo 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
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976. Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 28; TL: E.Java, Singolangoe Tengger
  2. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls.. Pl.31/51. 
  3. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/westermanniinae/westermanniinae_3_3.php
  4. http://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Pterogonia_Cardinalis_En [accessed 30 July 2021]
  5. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chlo/cardinalis.html [accessed 30 July 2021]
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369088

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976 – . 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/pterogonia-cardinalis, accessed 2024/04/19.