Taxonomic Information
This species is provisionally identified. It is best separated from the similar species Narosa conspersa Walker, 1855 by examining genitalia.
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Similar species: Narosa conspersa Walker, 1855
Based Solovyev & Witt (2009), the genus Tennya: on the apex and costa are whitish with basal large darken spot; the apical and medial spots are present. The outer margin of forewings has black spots, ornamented by white colour between veins.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 |
- Narosa propolia Hampson, 1900; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 13 (2): 232; TL: Sikhim. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn13190001bomb/page/232/mode/1up?view=theater
- Narosa propolia; Seitz, A. (Ed.), Macro Lep, Vol. 10, pg. 676.
- Solovyev, A.V. & T.J. Witt. 2009. The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33-229. pg. 63, Pl. 8/6.
- Irungbam, J.S., M.S. Chib & A.V. Solovyev. 2017. Moths of the family Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) from Bhutan with six new generic and 12 new species records. Journal of Threatened Taxa 9(2): 9795–9813; http://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2443.9.2.9795-9813.. Pg. 9804, Image 19.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/622333-Tennya-propolia
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Tennya propolia (Hampson, 1900) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/tennya-propolia, accessed 2025/11/20.