Areas imperialis (Kollar, [1844]) -

Taxonomic Information

Areas Walker, 1855 species known from India.
Areas galactina (Hoeven, 1840). India: Indian Himalaya, Meghalaya, Andaman Islands Nagaland, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh.
Areas imperialis (Kollar, [1844]). India: NW Himalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh11
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal
Total22
  1. Euprepia imperialis Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 466, pl. 21, f. 1; TL: Masuri Text at https://archive.org/details/kaschmirunddasr04hg/page/466/mode/1up?view=theater (In German). 
  2. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 35 . Plate 18 fg.5. 
  3. Pericallia imperialis; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 356; Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid03brituoft/page/356/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Moths of India, Vol 2 pg 25. 
  5. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1.
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125329-Areas-imperialis

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Areas imperialis (Kollar, [1844]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/areas-imperialis, accessed 2025/08/01.