Taxonomic Information
Lebeda Walker, 1855 species known from India (based on Joshi et al 2023).
Lebeda nobilis (Walker, 1855). Bangladesh; Nepal; Bhutan; India:North west, Central and East Himalayas, Nagaland, Meghalaya (Cherrapunji, Shillong) Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur Himanchal Pradesh.
Lebeda trifascia (Walker, 1855). Myanmar; Nepal; India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Central Himalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Lebeda trifascia (Walker, 1855) male, which superficially resembles Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855 female, but is much smaller, lacks a pale fiscal band on the hindwing. Antennae of Lebeda trifascia (Walker, 1855) male differs from that of Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855 female.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855: Myrica rubra (Myricaceae), Pinus kesiya (Pinaceae),Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae), Thysanolaena latifolia (Poaceae),Rubus sp. (Rosaceae), Quercus sp. (Fagaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 6: 1456; TL: Nepal. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso46brit/page/1456/mode/1up?view=theater
- Pg .79, pl 11/1-2.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155509-Lebeda-nobilis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lebeda nobilis 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/lebeda-nobilis, accessed 2025/11/03.