Taxonomic Information
Artaxa Walker, 1855 species from India (Joshi et al, 2025).
Artaxa angulata (Matsumura, 1927). India: S. India, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.
Artaxa comparata (Walker, 1865). N. India.
Artaxa digramma (Boisduval, [1844]). India: Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Maharashtra, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Artaxa distracta Walker, 1865. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Artaxa kanshireia (Wileman, 1910). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram.
Artaxa pseudoguttata N. Singh, 2019. India: Jharkhand.
Artaxa valmikiensis N. Singh, 2019. India: Bihar.
Artaxa vitellina (Kollar, 1848). India: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh.
Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855 is considered a synonym of Artaxa digramma (Boisduval, [1844]) (Joshi et al, 2025).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Euproctis angulata Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 40, pl. 4, f. 2 ♂; TL: Formosa, nr. Mt Niitaka.
- Euproctis angulata; Collenette, 1934, Novit. Zool. 39: 144
- Euproctis angulata; Wang, H.S., Wang, M. and Fan, X.L., 2011. Notes on the tribe Nygmiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nanling National Nature Reserve, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2887(1), pp.57-68. Pg. 59, Fig. 9/10.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1312737-Artaxa-angulata
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Artaxa angulata (Matsumura, 1927) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.21. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/artaxa-angulata, accessed 2026/05/22.