Taxonomic Information
Gesonia Walker, [1859] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Gesonia gemma (Swinhoe, 1885). India: Pune, Maharashtra.
Gesonia inscitia (Swinhoe, 1885). India: Mumbai, Maharashtra, Nilgiri district.
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka; India: Pune, Mumbai, Maharashtra, North India.
Gesonia thermesina Hampson, 1926. India: Khasis, Meghalaya.
Former species
Gesonia plumipars (Hampson, 1891). Nilgiris.Listed by Lepindex/iNaturalist as Hemipsectra plumipars (Hampson, 1891) with Gesonia as its synonym.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Chhattisgarh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Gesonia spp. Walker, [1859] – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/gesonia-spp, accessed 2025/11/16.