Jodis delicatula (Warren, 1896) -

Taxonomic Information

Jodis Hübner, [1823] species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Jodis albipuncta (Warren, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Jodis argutaria (Walker, 1866). India: North Hindustan.
Jodis argentilineata Wileman, 1916. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Jodis coeruleata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Jodis ctila (Prout, 1926). Myanmar; India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Jodis delicatula (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh (Tale WLS).
Jodis inumbrata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Jodis irregularis (Warren, 1894). Bhutan; India: Himalayas.
Jodis nanda (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India.
Jodis pallescens (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Jodis rhabdota (Prout, 1917). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Jodis subtractata (Walker, 1863). India: Hindustan.
Jodis undularia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Jodis xynia (Prout, 1917). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total11
  1. OD: Iodis delicatula Warren, 1896. Novit. Zool. 3: 309. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22554#page/351/mode/1up
  2. Seitz, A. (Ed).  The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 12, Pg. 125, Plate 14e.
  3. Han, H., Xue, D. 2011. Fauna Sinica (Insecta Vol. 54. Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae). Beijing, Science Press. 1-787 pp. Plate XVII, no 5.
  4. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(supp. 2): 1-53. Image 411.
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=590636 [Accessed on Sept 23 2022]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Jodis delicatula (Warren, 1896) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/jodis-delicatula, accessed 2024/03/29.