Taxonomic Information
Sauris Guenée, 1857 species known from the Indian subcontinent (based on Kirti et al. 2019).
Sauris abnormis (Moore, 1888). India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Sauris bicolor (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
Sauris eupitheciata eupitheciata (Snellen, 1881). India: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Sauris hirundinata hirundinata Guenee, 1858. Sri Lanka; India: Sikkim, Khasis, Meghalaya, Nilgiris.
Sauris ignobilis Butler, 1880. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Sauris improspera Prout, 1931. India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
Sauris inscissa Prout, 1931. India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
Sauris interruptata (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal, Khasi hills, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Sauris lineosa (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Sauris nigrifusalis (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
Sauris nigrifrons unilinea Prout, 1932. India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
Sauris proboscidaria Walker, 1862. Sri Lanka; India: Nilgiris.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Sauris spp. Guenée, 1857 – . 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/sauris-spp, accessed 2025/10/24.