Taxonomic Information
Botyodes Guenée, 1854 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Central and East India; Bangladesh.
Botyodes diniasalis (Walker, 1859). India: Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Botyodes fraterna Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Botyodes principalis Leech, 1889. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal.
Botyodes rufalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- , pg. 326, # 4949.
- Wikipedia contributors. Botyodes principalis [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Sep 10, 20:00 UTC [cited 2015 Oct 12]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Botyodes_principalis&oldid=680424845.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Botyodes principalis Leech, 1889 – . 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/botyodes-principalis, accessed 2025/11/10.