Taxonomic Information
Pingasa Moore, [1887] species known from India.
Pingasa alba Swinhoe, 1891. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Pingasa chlora (Stoll, [1782]). India.
Pingasa crenaria (Guenée, 1858). India: Central India.
Pingasa dispensata (Walker, 1860). India: North India, Tamil Nadu.
Pingasa elutriata Prout, 1916. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Pingasa lariaria (Walker, 1860). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Tripura, Karnataka (?).
Pingasa pseudoterpinaria gracilis Prout, 1916. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Pingasa pseudoterpinaria tephrosiaria Guenée, 1858. India: NW Himalaya.
Pingasa rubicunda Warren, 1894. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Pingasa rufofasciata Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Pingasa ruginaria ruginaria (Guenée, [1858]). India: North India, S. & W. India.
Pingasa ruginaria andamanica Prout, 1916. India: South Andaman, Port Blair.
Pingasa subviridis Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), West Bengal.
Pingasa venusta Warren, 1894. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Unconfirmed records
Pingasa multispurcata Prout, 1913. An African species.
Note: This a species complex; provisionally identified as Pingasa chlora (Stoll, [1782]).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Phalaena chlora Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): 233, 248, pl. 398, f. C
- Pingasa chlora chlora; Han Geo, Fauna Sinica, Pl. 10/8-9.
- Singh, N. 2019. Moths of Bihar and Jharkhand, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occasional Paper No., 400: 1-180 (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata). Holloway (1982). Singh, N. 2019 dissected Pingasa chlora and stated distribution is all of India.
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Pingasa_chlora_En
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_9_2.php. Suggested this is a species complex with chlora being extralimital to India.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/chlora.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pingasa chlora (Stoll, [1782]) – . 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/Pingasa-chlora, accessed 2025/11/11.