Cricula spp. Walker, 1855 -

Taxonomic Information

Cricula Walker, 1855 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Cricula agria Jordan, 1909. India: Tamil Nadu (Travancore: TL). 
Cricula gandhii Naumann & Löffler, 2013. Arunachal Pradesh (Rapum, near Along: TL). 
Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer, 1837). India, Nepal, Bhutan. 
Cricula trifenestrata andamanica Jordan, 1909. Andaman Is. 
Cricula tremula Naumann & Löffler, 2013. Myanmar. 
Cricula andrei Jordan, 1909. India: Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh; Bhutan. 
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka11
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya12
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total11122
Cricula spp.: Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae), Prunus domestica, Pyrus communis (Rosaceae), Acrocarpus fraxinifolius (Fabaceae), Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica, Semecarpus anacardium (Anacardiaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Canarium indicum (Buseraceae), Exbucklandia populnea (Hamamelidaceae), Machilus gamblei (Lauraceae), Schleichera trijuga (Sapindaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. Jordan, K. 1909. On the Species of Cricula (Saturniidae) Novit. zool. 16 (2) : 300-332. 
  2. Naumann, S. and Löffler, S., 2010. Notes on the Asian genus Cricula Walker, 1855, with description of new species (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Markt leuthen, Supplement, 2, pp.1-24.
  3. Naumann, S. and Löffler, S., 2013. Two new species of the genus Cricula Walker, 1855 from Myanmar and India, with synonymic notes (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, 33(4), pp.177-184.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Cricula spp. Walker, 1855 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/cricula-spp, accessed 2024/03/29.