Euproctis madana Moore, 1859 -

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

Euproctis madana -

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
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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
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Euproctis madana Moore, 1859. A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous insects in the Museum of Natural History at East India House, Vol. 2, pg. 348. Text at  https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid02east/page/348/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. 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 480 #1086. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67890#page/510/mode/1up
  3. Seitz, A. (Ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 10 pg 343 & Pl 43f. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252062#page/365/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/251235#page/99/mode/1up
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 81/5. 
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1303956-Euproctis-madana

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Euproctis madana Moore, 1859 – . 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-madana, accessed 2025/08/12.