Cyclosia midamia (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]) -

Taxonomic Information

yclosia Hübner, [1820] species from the Indian subcontinent
Cyclosia panthona (Stoll, [1780]). NE India. 
Cyclosia papilionaris (Drury, 1773). India: Himalayas, NE India, Andaman Is..
Cyclosia latipennis Hampson, 1891. India: Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra. 
Cyclosia midamia (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]). NE India. 
Cyclosia imitans (Butler, 1881). NE India. 
Cyclosia inornata (Walker, [1865]). NE India. 
Cyclosia pieridoides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]. Myanmar.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam11
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya42
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total7121
  1. OD: Epyrgis midamia Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1: 7, 1:57, 1 (1) pl. 2, f. 7. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105037#page/65/mode/1up
  2. Butler, A. G. 1885. On a Collection of Lepidoptera made at Manipur and on the Borders of Assam by Dr. George Watt Annals And Magazine of Natural History (5) 16 : 298-310, pl. 8, : 334-347
  3. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae, pg 278, # 594 as Callamesia midama. 
  4. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/60_ZYGAENOIDEA/Zygaenidae/47_1%20Chalcosiinae/27_Cyclosia/Cyclosia%20midama/Cyclosia%20midama.htm [accessed 09 June 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Cyclosia midamia (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/cyclosia-midamia, accessed 2025/08/24.