Taxonomic Information
Dysodia Clemens, 1860 species known from Indian subcontinent:
Dysodia ignita (Walker, [1866]). India: Assam, Sikkim; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar.
Dysodia fenestrata Moore, 1881. India: Sikkim, Assam; Sri Lanka.
Dysodia laevis Warren, 1900. India: Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka; Laos; Myanmar.
Dysodia miniata Walker, 1863. India: S. India, Sikkim.
Dysodia rajah rajah (Boisduval, 1874). India: Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya; Nepal; Bangladesh.
Dysodia siccifolia Moore, 1881. India: West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim.
Dysodia taprobana Moore, 1884. India: ‘Hindustan’, Tamil Nadu, Assam; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka.
Dysodia viridatrix Walker, [1858]. Sri Lanka; India: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Dysodia miniata -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
Dysodia miniata (Walker, 1863): Crateva adansonii, Crateva religiosa (Capparaceae), Rosa sp. (Rosaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD:Varnia miniata Walker, 1863. J. Proc. Linn. Soc.pg. 69.
- Robinson, G.S., K.R.Tuck, M. Shaffer & K. Cook. 1994. The Smaller Moths of South-East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 308 pp., 51 figs., 32 pls. Pl. 21/4 for the SE Asia ssp. with more yellow.
- LI, K.H., 1996. Ecological notes on Hong Kong Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) including the immature stages of eight species. Lepidoptera Science, 47(2), pp.125-143.Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.pg. 84, Pl. 139/1.
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?dysodia-miniata-walker-1863plate-9rts391-1
- http://pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?plate-9. Also see pl 9, Dysodia sp. 6 for the S. Indian specimens referred to on the above reference.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/45_THYRIDOIDEA/Thyrididae/61.1_Striglininae/20_Dysodia/Dysodia%20miniata/Dysodia%20miniata.htm
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Dysodia miniata (Walker, 1863) – . 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/dysodia-miniata, accessed 2025/11/12.