Taxonomic Information
Naxidia Hampson, 1895 species known from India.
Naxidia irrorata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Naxidia punctata (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Naxidia punctata -
Similar species: Naxidia irrorata (Moore, 1888)
MON Part 1. Pl. 6/3.
Argidava irrorata (Moore, 1888) ; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (3): 251; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/251/mode/1up?view=theater.
This species seems much more heavily irrorated than N. punctata.
| 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 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Argidava punctata Butler, 1880. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 6 (32): 128; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof561880lond/page/128/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. pg. 334, # 3593, Fig. 164.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=413590
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6982996#/media/File:Naxidia_punctata.jpg
- http://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/FBMothQuery?F=Geometridae&G=Naxidia&S=Naxidia%20punctata
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Naxidia punctata (Butler, 1880) – . 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/naxidia-punctata, accessed 2025/11/03.