Somatina densifasciaria Inoue, 1992 -

Taxonomic Information

Somatina Guenée, [1858] species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Somatina anthophilata Guenée, [1858]. India: Maharashtra (TL: Bombay), Kerala.
Somatina densifasciaria Inoue, 1992. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Somatina omicraria (Fabricius, 1798). TL: India. Sri Lanka, Kerala.
Somatina plynusaria (Walker, [1863]). Bangladesh (Sylhet);  India: Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi), Kerala.
Somatina postlineata (Warren, 1899). India. 
Somatina purpurascens Moore, [1887]. Sri Lanka; India: Kerala. 
Somatina rosacea rosacea Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills),Kerala.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
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
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  1. Somatina densifasciaria Inoue, 1992. Bull. Otsuma Wom. Univ. , Home Econ. 28: 183. TL: Doi Suthep, Chiang Mei, Thailand. 
  2. Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar & K. Kunte, 2024. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region. Trop. Lepid. Res., 34(1): 47-59.
  3. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=394661
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1215620-Somatina-densifasciaria

Note: New record for India (Sondhi et al 2024). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Somatina densifasciaria Inoue, 1992 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Somatina-densifasciaria, accessed 2024/05/01.