Rotunda rotundapex (Miyata & Kishida, 1990) -

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Rotunda rotundapex -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
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Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
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Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
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Maharashtra
Manipur
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Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
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Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. OD: Bombyx rotundapex Miyata & Kishida, 1990. Japan Heterocerists’ Journal. 158: 142.
  2. Park, K.T. & Sohn, J.C., 2002. Description of Bombyx shini sp. nov.(Lepidoptera, Bombycidae) from Korea. Tinea, 17(2), pp.67-69. Fig. 1-2.
  3. Wang, X., Wang, M., Zolotuhin, V.V., Hirowatari, T., Wu, S. and Huang, G.H., 2015. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa, 3989(1), pp.1-138. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1. Pg. 20/ 21 & fig. 6A-H. Lists Bombyx shini as a synonym. 
  4. Lin, R.J., Braby, M.F. and Hsu, Y.F., 2019. The immature stages, biology, and phylogenetic relationships of Rotunda rotundapex (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). Journal of Insect Science, 19(2), p.19. DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iez025 
  5. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=347380
  6. http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=432320
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1037952-Rotunda-rotundapex

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Rotunda rotundapex (Miyata & Kishida, 1990) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Rotunda-rotundapex, accessed 2025/01/22.