Gunda spp. Walker, 1862 -

Taxonomic Information

Gunda Walker, 1862 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Gunda javanica (Moore, 1872) . India: Sikkim, NE Himalaya; Myanmar. 
Gunda ochracea Walker, 1862. India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Gunda sesostris (Vuillot, 1893). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Gunda thwaitesii (Moore, [1883]). Sri Lanka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Gunda spp. -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh2
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total12

1. OD: Gunda in Walker, 1862. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous Insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with Descriptions of New Species J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 82-145, 171-198. Page 176.
2. Wang, X., Wang, M., Zolotuhin, V.V., Hirowatari, T., Wu, S. and Huang, G.H., 2015. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa, 3989(1), pp.1-138. 
3. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/bombycidae/gallery.php [Accessed on 12 Sep 2022]
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunda [Accessed on 12 Sep 2022]

Note from SS: Holloway reports in MOB that "there are two related species: thwaitesii Moore ( + apicalis Hampson, syn. n.), from Sri Lanka, with a pentagonal male eighth tergite; an undescribed species from S. India with an H-shaped eighth tergite." Given this, I believe that the G. javanica-like individual from Andhra Pradesh (MOI-pnj182) is either thwaitesii Moore or the undescribed species from S. India. Differences described in genitalia.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Gunda spp. Walker, 1862 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Gunda-spp, accessed 2024/03/29.