Juxtarctia multiguttata (Walker, 1855) -

Taxonomic Information

Juxtarctia Kirti & Kaleka, 2002 species known from India.
Juxtarctia multiguttata (Walker, 1855). India: Himalayas; Nepal. 
The only species known from India. Numerous species of Juxtarctia and Spilarctia, described from India, are treated as synonyms of Juxtarctia multiguttata (Walker, 1855) (Singh et al (2021). 


 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Juxtarctia multiguttata -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim11
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Juxtarctia multiguttata (Walker, 1855): Gmelina arborea (Lamiaceae),Vanilla sp. (Orchidaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Hypercompa multiguttata Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lep. Ins. Colln. Br. Mus., 3: 657.
  2. Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 1-106, Marktleuthen. Pg. 38-39. 
  3. Kirti, J. S. & N. Singh. 2016. Arctiid Moths of India, Volume 2. 1-214. Pg 47. Nature Books of India. 
  4. Kirti, J.S. & A.S. Kaleka. 2002. A new genus and two new species of Arctiinae, Arctiidae: Lepidoptera, from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 99 (1): 79-85, Mumbai. Kirti & Kaleka, 2002 published two new species of Juxtarcia. However, Dubalotov, 2010 synomized these as variations of Juxtarcia multiguttata.
  5. Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118. 

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Juxtarctia multiguttata (Walker, 1855) – . 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/juxtarctia-multiguttata, accessed 2024/03/28.