Taxonomic Information
Numerous species of Gastropacha Ochsenheimer, 1810 are known from India. Gastropacha pardale (Walker, 1855), Gastropacha sikkima Moore, 1879, Gastropacha xenapates Tams, 1935, Gastropacha philippinensis, Gastropacha koniensis to name some of them. These species are best separated by examining male genitalia. Hence, species level identities are difficult from photographs only.
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 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Gastropacha spp.: Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Carissa carandas (Apocynaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Gastropacha spp. Ochsenheimer, 1810 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/gastropacha-spp, accessed 2025/04/30.