Taxonomic Information
Polyphena Solovyev, 2014 species known from India.
Polyphena herbifera (Walker, 1855). India: NW Himalaya; Nepal.
Polyphena canangae (Hering, 1931). NE Himalaya.
Polyphena latifascia (Walker, 1855). India,
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Polyphena herbifera -
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 2 |
Polyphena herbifera (Walker, 1855): Cananga odorata (Annonaceae),Terminalia myriocarpa (Combretaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Nyssia herbifera Walker, 1855. List. Lep. Ins. Br. Mus. 5:1136. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120193#page/388/mode/1up.
- Parasa herbifera Dudgeon, G. C. 1887. A Catalogue of the Heterocera of Sikkim and Bhutan. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society Vol.9, Part 2. # 871, Pg. 263. Plate III, Fig, 8-9. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30168717#page/343/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 39/19-20.
- Solovyev, A.V. (2014) Parasa Moore Auct: Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). In: Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich. Akademischer Verlag München, München, 240 pp.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polyphena herbifera (Walker, 1855) – . 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/polyphena-herbifera, accessed 2025/11/11.