Taxonomic Information
Sacada Walker, 1862 species known from India.
Sacada approximans (Leech, 1889). Myanmar; India.
Sacada constrictalis (Ragonot, 1891). India: Upper Assam.
Sacada discinota (Moore, [1866]). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Sacada dzonguensis Singh, Kirti & Ranjan in Singh, Kirti, Ranjan, Chandra & Speidel, 2020. India: Sikkim.
Sacada inordinata (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Sacada fasciata (Butler, 1878). Myanmar; India.
Sacada pallescens Hampson, 1896. Bhutan; India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Sacada pyraliformis (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Sacada rufina Hampson, 1896. India: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Sacada sikkima (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Uttarakhand.
Sacada umtasorensis Singh, Kirti & Ranjan in Singh, Kirti, Ranjan, Chandra & Speidel, 2020. India: Umtasor, Meghalaya.
Sacada unilinealis Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Sacada sikkima -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sacada sikkima (Moore, 1879): Acacia mangium (Poaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- Paravetta sikkima Moore, 1879. Lep. Atk. 70. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.Pg. 171, # 4589.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 127/15
- Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Birdwing Field Guide to Indian Moths, 1st Edition. Birdwing Publishers, India, 461pp. Pg. 321, Pl. 120/3.
- Singh, N., Kirti, J.S., Ranjan, R., Chandra, K. and Speidel, W., 2020. On the taxonomy of the genus Sacada Walker, 1862 from India, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species (Pyralinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera). ZooKeys, 962, p.139. Fig. 1,2.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8377888
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Sacada sikkima (Moore, 1879) – . 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/sacada-sikkima, accessed 2025/10/31.