Taxonomic Information
Antheraea Hübner, 1819 species known from India.
Antheraea roylei Moore, 1859. Indian Himalaya.
Antheraea assamensis Helfer, 1837. India: Himalaya, NE India; Bangladesh
Antheraea helferi Moore, 1859. India: E. Himalaya, NE India.
Antheraea frithi Moore, 1859. India: E. Himalaya, NE India.
Antheraea paphia (Linnaeus, 1758). India.
Antheraea andamana Moore, 1877. Andaman Is.
Antheraea cingalesa Moore, 1883. Sri Lanka.
Antheraea insularis Watson, 1914. Andaman Is.
Antheraea meisteri Brechlin, 2002. Andaman Is.
Antheraea rubicunda Brechlin, 2009. Andaman Is.
Antheraea rudloffi Brechlin, 2002. Andaman Is.
Antheraea compta Rothschild, 1899. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Antheraea castanea Jordan, 1910. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 |
Antheraea paphia (Linnaeus, 1758): Quercus virginiana (Fagaceae), Terminalia tomentosa (Combretaceae), Shorea robusta, Shorea roxburghii (Dipterocarpaceae), Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Wikipedia contributors. Antheraea mylitta [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2016 Nov 4, 17:34 UTC [cited 2017 Jan 27]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antheraea_mylitta&oldid=747836653.
- Peigler, S. R & S. Naumann. 2016. What exactly is Antheraea paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)? (Lepidoptera, Saturnidae). Atalanta 47 (3/4), 500: 520.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Antheraea paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) – South Indian Small Tussore. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/antheraea-paphia, accessed 2024/12/09.