Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855 -

Taxonomic Information

Euproctis Hübner, [1819] species from the Indian subcontinent (provisional).

Euproctis albescens Swinhoe, 1903. India: Sikkim; Bhutan. 
Euproctis albodentata (Moore, 1879). India: NW Himalaya; Myanmar.
Euproctis albopunctata Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis antiphates Hampson, [1893]. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal. 
Euproctis bifascia Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris, Karnataka, Kerala. 
Euproctis bimaculata Walker, 1855. India: S. India; Sri Lanka. 
Euproctis bipartita (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal. 
Euproctis brevivitta (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal.
Euproctis catapasta Collenette, 1951. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Euproctis cervina (Moore, 1877). India: Kashmir, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Euproctis citrina (Moore, 1877). India; Sri Lanka. 
Euproctis discinota Moore, 1877. India: Andaman Is. 
Euproctis dispersa (Moore, 1879). India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis divisa Walker, 1855. N. India. 
Euproctis endoplagia Hampson, 1897. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis erecta (Moore, 1879). S. India.
Euproctis euproctiformis (Strand, 1915). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Euproctis flava (Fabricius, 1775).India: N. India.
Euproctis flavicosta Hampson, 1900. Sikkim. 
Euproctis fraterna (Moore, [1883]). Sri Lanka.
Euproctis fulvinigra Hampson, 1905. India: Sikkim.
Euproctis fulvipuncta Hampson, [1893]. India; Sri Lanka.
Euproctis hagna Collenette, 1938. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Euproctis hampsoni Swinhoe, 1903. India: Nilgiris.
Euproctis howra (Moore, 1879). India: Andaman Is, S. India. 
Euproctis illanta Swinhoe, 1891. India: Maharashtra.
Euproctis inconcisa (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal. 
Euproctis khasi Collenette, 1938. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis laniata Hampson, 1904. India: Palni Hils, Tamil Nadu. 
Euproctis latifascia Walker, 1855. India: Himachal Pradesh; Nepal; Bhutan. 
Euproctis lativitta (Moore, 1879). India: E. Himalaya. 
Euproctis leithiana (Moore, 1879). India: Maharashtra ([Bombay] Mumbai), Canara, Karnataka, Kerala.
Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855. India: N. India, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu. 
Euproctis luteifascia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Euproctis mackwoodi Collenette, 1938. Sri Lanka. 
Euproctis macrostigma Hampson, 1905. India: Goa (Karwar). 
Euproctis madana Moore, 1859. India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal; Nepal. 
Euproctis magna (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Euproctis malaisei Collenette, 1960. Myanmar. 
Euproctis mirabilis Swinhoe, 1903. India: Andaman Is. 
Euproctis marginata (Moore, 1879). India: India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nagaland; Nepal. 
Euproctis negrita Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis oreosaura (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya. 
Euproctis pelona (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya.
Euproctis percnogaster Collenette, 1938.India.
Euproctis plagiata (Walker, 1855).  India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal (TL). 
Euproctis postica Walker, 1865. India; Nepal.
Euproctis rana Moore, [1866]. Bangladesh.
Euproctis sagroides (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Euproctis semisignata (Walker, 1865). India: S. India. 
Euproctis semivitta Moore, 1879. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis stenosacca Collenette, 1951. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis stigmatifera (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan.
Euproctis subfasciata (Walker, 1865). India: Sikkim, Assam. 
Euproctis subfuscula (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Euproctis sulphurescens (Moore, 1888).India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis unimacula (Moore, 1879). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis varia Walker, 1855. India: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya. 
Euproctis xanthoceps Hampson, 1910. Sri Lanka.
Euproctis xanthosticta Hampson, 1905. India: Goa (Karwar). 
Euproctis xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848). India: Himalayas. 
Euproctis varians (Walker, 1855). India; Nepal. 
Euproctis venosa (Moore, 1879). India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis virgo Swinhoe, 1903. Myanmar. 
Euproctis virguncula Walker, 1855. India: Punjab.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh111
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa
Gujarat3112
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh3
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand4
West Bengal1
Total31151226
Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855: Vachellia nilotica (Fabaceae), Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Anacardiaceae, Cynodon dactylon, Sorghum halepense, Zea mays (Poaceae), Carissa carandas (Apocynaceae), Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae), Erythrina fusca, Erythrina variegata, Medicago sativa, Sesbania grandiflora, Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae), Gossypium (Malvaceae), Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae), Morus (Moraceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Rosa (Rosaceae), Tamarix gallica (Tamaricaceae)?, Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae), Ziziphus mauritiana, Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 837; TL: N.India. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso46brit/page/837/mode/1up?view=theater 
  2. Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855. Butler, 1881, Ill. Het. 5, pg. 50, pl. 139/9. 
  3. Nygmia lunata Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 482. Text at https://archive.org/details/ser9annalsmagazi10londuoft/page/482/mode/1up?view=theater 
  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. 472, # 1059. 
  5. Sondhi, Y. & S. Sondhi. 2016. A partial checklist of moths (Lepidoptera) of Dehradun, Mussoorie and Devalsari in Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(5): 8756–8776; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2814.8.5.8756-8776. [accessed 27 July 2021] Image 174.

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855 – . 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/euproctis-lunata, accessed 2025/08/11.