Dalima metachromata (Walker, 1862) -

Subspecies in India

Dalima Moore, [1868] species known from India. 
Dalima apicata Moore, [1868]. India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland.
Dalima calamina (Butler, 1880). India:West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Dalima gigantea Swinhoe, 1897. India: Meghalaya (Jaintia Hills), North India.
Dalima intricata Warren, 1893. Bhutan; India: Meghalaya (Khasis), Arunachal Pradesh.
Dalima latitans (Warren, 1893). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Himalaya.
Dalima lucens (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Dalima metachromata (Walker, 1862). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal. Previously placed in Erebabraxas
Dalima nubilata Hampson, 1895. India: Nagas, 6000ft, Nagaland.
Dalima patularia (Walker, 1860). India: North India; Nepal.
Dalima schistacearia Moore, 1868. India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Dalima spontaneata (Walker, 1862). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh. Previously placed in Heterobraxas
Dalima truncataria (Moore, [1868]). India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland.
Dalima vulpinaria (Moore, [1888]). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
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Goa
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Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
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Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand2
West Bengal1
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  1. OD: Abraxas metachromata Walker, 1862. List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. : 1122.
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.  Pg 297, # 3510. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 60/19. 
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 2000. Moths of Nepal. Part 6. TINEA. Vol. 16 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 115. 
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=535059

Note: Based on The Forum Herbulot, the species is now placed in the genus Dalima; hence Erebabraxas metachromata (Walker, 1862) is revised to Dalima metachromata (Walker, 1862) (SS, 11 Feb 2024). 


 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Dalima metachromata (Walker, 1862) – . 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/dalima-metachromata, accessed 2024/12/03.