Taxonomic Information
Dysphania Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Dysphania andamana (Moore, 1877). India: Andamans Is.
Dysphania alloides Prout, 1916. India: Andamans Is. (Port Blair).
Dysphania glaucescens glaucescens (Walker, 1862). Indian Himalayas.
Dysphania flavidiscalis Warren, 1895. Myanmar.
Dysphania jessica (Swinhoe, 1908). India: Nicobar Is (Nancoury), Andaman Is (Port Blair).
Dysphania malayanus recessa (Walker, 1862). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Dysphania militaris (Linnaeus, 1758). India: Uttarakhand east to NE. India.
Dysphania nelera (Swinhoe, 1891).India: Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala.
Dysphania palmyra (Stoll, [1790]). India: Maharashtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Dysphania percota (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala.
Dysphania porphyroides Prout, 1917. India: Andaman Islands.
Dysphania prunicolor (Moore, 1879). Sri Lanka.
Dysphania subrepleta excubitor (Moore, 1879). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Dysphania palmyra: the entire dark blue apex, UPF, has sub-apical and discal blue spots.
Dysphania nelera: Similar to palmyra, but UPH has marginal golden yellow spots.
Dysphania percota: the enitre UPF apex is dark blue up to the discal area, with only a few small spots near costa.
Dysphania palmyra lacks the yellow spots on HW. While Hampson (1895) lists nelera as a form of palmyra, Lepindex lists this as a separate species. Further works needs to be done to ascertain whether nelera is a valid taxon, or just a form of palmyra.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Goa | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Dysphania palmyra (Stoll, [1790]): Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- OD: Phalaena palmyra Stoll, 1790. Suppl. Pap. Exot., 159, 184, Pl. 36:1.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 3.Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 470, # 3996 as Euschema palmyra.
- Seitz, A (Ed.). 1920-34. The Indo-Australian Geometridae. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 12. Pg. 65, Pl. 7.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Dysphania palmyra (Stoll, [1790]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/dysphania-palmyra, accessed 2025/06/24.