Taxonomic Information
Artaxa Walker, 1855 species from India (Joshi et al, 2025).
Artaxa angulata (Matsumura, 1927). India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.
Artaxa comparata (Walker, 1865). N. India.
Artaxa digramma (Boisduval, [1844]). India: Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Maharashtra, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Artaxa distracta Walker, 1865. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Artaxa kanshireia (Wileman, 1910). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram.
Artaxa pseudoguttata N. Singh, 2019. India: Jharkhand.
Artaxa valmikiensis N. Singh, 2019. India: Bihar.
Artaxa vitellina (Kollar, 1848). India: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh.
Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855 is considered a synonym of Artaxa digramma (Boisduval, [1844]) (Joshi et al, 2025).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 5 |
- OD as Artaxa in Walker, 1855 List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4. Type species: Artaxa guttata
- Holloway, J.D., 1999. The Moths of Borneo, Part 5: Family Lymantriidae. (Tribe Nygmiini).
- Kaleka, A.S., Singh, D. and Bali, G.P.K., 2022. Further studies on genus Artaxa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from India. Oriental Insects, 56(2), pp.198-212. Fig. 1, C-D.
- Joshi, R., Zahiri, R., Banerjee, D. and Singh, N., 2025. A catalogue of the Erebidae of India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 5635(1), pp.1-247.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Artaxa spp. Walker, 1855 – . 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/artaxa-spp, accessed 2025/08/20.