Taxonomic Information
Kunugia Nagano, 1917
species known from India (based on Joshi et al 2023).
Kunugia ampla (Walker, 1855). Bangladesh; Nepal; Bhutan; India: Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh (Kangra), Meghalaya (Khasis, Shillong), Mizoram, Maharashtra (Nasik).
Kunugia burmensis (Gaede, 1932). Myanmar; India: Manipur.
Kunugia divaricata (Moore, 1884). Myanmar; Nepal; India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Kunugia fasciata (Moore, 1884). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Himalayan region.
Kunugia florimaculata (Tsai & Hou, 1983).Sri Lanka;India: North eastern states, Assam.
Kunugia fulgens fulgens (Moore, 1879). Nepal; India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur.
Kunugia latipennis (Walker, 1855). Myanmar; Nepal; India: Central Himalaya, West Bengal (Calcutta, Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh; Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Manipur.
Kunugia lineata (Moore, 1879). Myanmar; Nepal; Bhutan; India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur.
Kunugia placida (Moore, 1879). Bhutan; India: Central Himalaya, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Mizoram, Himalaya.
Kunugia undans(Walker, 1855).Nepal;Bangladesh;India: Meghalaya (Khasis).
Kunugia vulpina vulpina (Moore, 1879). Myanmar; India: West Bengal, Manipur.
Kunugia xichangensis (Tsai & Liu, 1962).Myanmar;India: Manipur.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Kunugia placida -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
Kunugia placida (Moore, 1879): Pinus sp. (Pinaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/75_LASIOCAMPOIDEA/Lasiocampidae/framepage%20Lasiocampidae.html [accessed 18 December 2016]
http://barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=284812 [accessed 18 December 2016]- Vol 4- pg 61, pl7 fig5
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Kunugia placida (Moore,1879) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/kunugia-placida, accessed 2025/04/22.