Tonica niviferana (Walker, 1864) -

Taxonomic Information

Tonica Walker, 1864 species in the Indian subcontinent
Tonica barrowi (Bingham, 1907). Myanmar.
Tonica gypsopis Meyrick, 1928. Andamans.
Tonica niviferana (Walker, 1864). India, Sri Lanka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Tonica niviferana -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa11
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala2
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra2111
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total23111321

Tonica niviferana (Walker, 1864): Bombax ceiba, Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Binsitta niviferana Walker, 1864. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, pg 832. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso2930brit#page/832/mode/1up
  2. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 3/14. 
  3. Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Birdwing Field Guide to Indian Moths, 1st Edition. Birdwing Publishers, India, 461pp. Plate 155/6.
  4. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=29419.0. Treatment of both family/subfamily for this genus is unclear.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/371468-Tonica-niviferana

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Tonica niviferana (Walker, 1864) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/tonica-niviferana, accessed 2024/10/13.