Dahira rubiginosa Moore, 1888 - Rosy Dahira

Taxonomic Information

Dahira Moore, 1888 species known from India.
Dahira obliquifascia (Hampson, 1910). India: Assam, Himalayan region, Meghalaya.
Dahira rubiginosa (Moore, 1888). India: Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Dahira tridens (Oberthür, 1904). India: Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Dahira yunnanfuana (Clark, 1925). India: Southern Himalay; Nepal (Haruta, 1992).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Beck, J & I.J. Kitching. The Sphingidae of Southeast-Asia (incl. New Guinea, Bismarck & Solomon Islands).   https://sphin-sea.unibas.ch/SphinSEA/species%20pages/Dah_rubiginosa.htm [accessed 3 Oct 2015]
  2. Pittaway, A.R. & I.J. Kitching. Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.).  http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/d_rub.htm [accessed 3 Oct 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Dahira rubiginosa Moore, 1888 – Rosy Dahira. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dahira-rubiginosa, accessed 2025/12/07.