Taxonomic Information
Dysphania Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent (Kirti et al. 2019 and Lepindex).
Dysphania andamana (Moore, 1877). India: Andaman Is.
Dysphania alloides Prout, 1916. India: Andaman Is. (Port Blair).
Dysphania glaucescens glaucescens (Walker, 1862). Indian Himalayas.
Dysphania flavidiscalis Warren, 1895. Myanmar.
Dysphania jessica (Swinhoe, 1908). India: Nicobar Is. (Nancoury), Andaman Is. (Port Blair).
Dysphania malayanus recessa (Walker, 1862). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Dysphania militaris (Linnaeus, 1758). N. India. Uttarakhand east to NE. India.
Dysphania nelera (Swinhoe, 1891). Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala.
Dysphania palmyra (Stoll, [1790]). India: Maharashtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Dysphania percota (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala.
Dysphania porphyroides Prout, 1917. India: Andaman Islands.
Dysphania prunicolor (Moore, 1879). Sri Lanka.
Dysphania subrepleta excubitor (Moore, 1879). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Separating Dysphania militaris (Linnaeus, 1758) and Dysphania subrepleta excubitor (Moore, 1879) based on Han & Xue, 2011, Fauna Sinica
D. subrepleta: antemedial line of forewing complete except the interruption between CuA and anal fold: hind wing with discal spot connected with the patch below, or the latter obsolete or absent.
D. militaris: antemedial line of forewing composed of discontinuous patches: hind wing with discal spot not connected with the patch below, the latter not obsolete.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae . Pg. 468, # 3989
- Holloway, J. D. 1998. The Moths of Borneo. Part 9. Geometridae: Oenochrominae, Desmobathrinae, Geometrinae. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/dysphaniini/dysphaniini_1_2.php accessed 9 April 2016
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Dysphania militaris (Linnaeus, 1758) – False Tiger Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dysphania-militaris, accessed 2024/10/13.