Taxonomic Information
Cyclosia Hübner, [1820] species from the Indian subcontinent
Cyclosia panthona (Stoll, [1780]). NE India.
Cyclosia papilionaris (Drury, 1773). India: Himalayas, NE India, Andaman Is..
Cyclosia latipennis Hampson, 1891. India: Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra.
Cyclosia midamia (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]). NE India.
Cyclosia imitans (Butler, 1881). NE India.
Cyclosia inornata (Walker, [1865]). NE India.
Cyclosia pieridoides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]. Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cyclosia papilionaris (Drury, 1773) – Drury’s Jewel Moth: Dipterocarpus tuberculatus (Dipterocarpaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Noctua papilionaris Drury, 1773. Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects. Vol. 2. London: B. White. Pg 4, Pl 2(4).
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig, Pg 269, # 577. Fig 178.
- Jordan, K., 1907. Zygaenidae. In Seitz, A. (Ed). Macro Lep. World. 10, Pp. 29-56. Pg. 18.
- http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/120391 [accessed 31 October 2021] [Accessed 31 October 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Cyclosia papilionaris (Drury, 1773) – Drury’s Jewel Moth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/cyclosia-papilionaris, accessed 2025/10/25.