Taxonomic Information
Eudocima Billberg, 1820 species known from Indian subcontinent.
Eudocima aurantia (Moore, 1877) (Ophideres). TL: Andamans, India.
Eudocima cajeta (Cramer, [1775] (Phalaena). TL: India.
Eudocima discrepans (Walker, [1858](Ophideres). TL: Singapore.
Eudocima homaena (Hübner, [1823] 1816) (Othreis). TL: India.
Eudocima hypermnestra (Stoll, [1780])(Phalaena). TL: India.
Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) (Phalaena). TL: “Indiis”.
Eudocima okurai (Okano, 1964) (Adris). TL: "East Palearctic". Dist. includes Myanmar.
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763)(Phalaena). TL: Africa. Dist. throughout India.
Eudocima salaminia (Cramer, [1777]) (Phalaena). TL: China. Dist. throughout India.
Eudocima sikhimensis (Butler, 1895). (Adris). TL: Oriental region. Dist. includes India.
Eudocima splendida (Yoshimoto, 1999). (Othreis). TL: Myanmar.
Eudocima tyrannus (Guenée, In Boisduval and Guenée 1852b). TL: India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) – Dot Underwing: Citrus aurantium, Citrus aurantiifolia (Rutaceae), Tinospora sinensis (Menispermaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- pg.561 #2640 as Ophideres materna
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713 Image.146
- Wikipedia contributors. Eudocima materna [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Jul 20, 12:41 UTC [cited 2015 Sep 30]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eudocima_materna&oldid=672266976.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) – Dot Underwing. 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/eudocima-materna, accessed 2025/11/03.