Taxonomic Information
Pseudargyria Okano, 1962 species known from India.
Pseudargyria marginepunctalis (Hampson, 1896). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Punjab, Uttarakhand.
Pseudargyria parallelus (Zeller, 1867). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya (Khasis); Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Pseudargyria parallelus -
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Similar species: Pseudargyria marginepunctalis (Hampson, 1896)
FW post-medial line single (double in marginepunctalis) & angled below costa (more angled in marginepunctalis), & then straight (crenulate in marginepunctalis).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Total | 3 | 1 |
- OD: Crambus parallelus Zeller, 1867. Stettiner ent. Ztg 28: pg 389, Pl 2/fig 1. Text https://archive.org/details/stettinerentomol28ento/page/389/mode/1up?view=theater (in German). Plate at https://archive.org/details/stettinerentomol28ento/page/n472/mode/1up?view=theater
- Platytes paralella; Fauna of British India, Moths of India, Vol. 4, pg. 20, #4186. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths04hamp/page/20/mode/1up?view=theater
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pseudargyria parallelus (Zeller, 1867) – . 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/index.php/Pseudargyria-parallelus, accessed 2025/11/12.