Lymantria serva (Fabricius, 1793) -

Taxonomic Information

Lymantria Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent based on Schintlmeister, 2004 and Pogue, 2007
South and West India and Sri Lanka.
Lymantria detersa Walker, 1865. India:S. & W. India, Kerala, Telangana, Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal. 
Lymantria costalis Walker, 1865. Sri Lanka; “India”. 
Lymantria fuliginosa Moore, 1883. W. & S. India; Sri Lanka. 
Lymantria todara Moore, 1879. S. India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Nilgiris; Sri Lanka. Sister species of L. similis. 
Lymantria grandis Walker, 1855. India: S India, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka
Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855). India: S. India, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka. 
Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. India: S. India, Sikkim, Nagaland; Nepal.
Lymantria subrosea subrosea Swinhoe, 1903. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Lymantria nussi Schintlmeister, 2004. S. India, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Lymantria kanara Collenette, 1951. S. India, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
Lymantria vinacea Moore, 1879. India: Karnataka (TL: Canara).  

NW Himalaya & Nepal 
Lymantria incerta Walker, 1855. India: NW India, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh. 
Lymantria moesta Swinhoe, 1903. India: NW India; Nepal. 
Lymantria sobrina sobrina Moore, 1879. NW India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Lymantria maxfischeri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria liedgensi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Uttarakhand.
Lymantria schnitzleri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria semicincta (Walker, 1855). India: NW. Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Jharkhand, West Bengal; Nepal.

E. Himalaya 
Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. India: S. India, Sikkim, Nagaland; Nepal.
Lymantria apicebrunnea Gaede, 1932. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Lymantria ascetria Hübner, [1819]. India: West Bengal.
Lymantria hauensteini Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Arunachal Pradesh; Myanmar. 
Lymantria iris Strand, 1911, formerly ssp of obsoleta. NE India, Assam, Meghalaya. 
Lymantria bivittata Moore, 1879. India: C. & E. Himalaya, NE India, West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Andamans.
Lymantria grisea grisea Moore, 1879. India: NE India, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal. 
Lymantria brotea lepcha Moore, 1879. India: E. Himalaya.
Lymantria lepcha Moore, 1879 treated as a separate species on the website. 
Lymantria maxfischeri Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Assam. 
Lymantria minomonis Matsumura, 1933. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Lymantria obsoleta Walker, 1855. India: NE India, Uttarakhand, North India, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling). 
Lymantria plumbalis Hampson, 1895. TL: Myanmar; India: Nagaland, Manipur. 
Lymantria similis Moore, 1879. Bhutan; NE India, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland. 
Lymantria subrosea singapura Schintlmeister, 2004.India:  NE India. 
Lymantria sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Sikkim, Andamans.

Himalaya
Lymantria albolunulata Moore, 1879. India: Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam; Nepal.
Lymantria concolor concolor Walker, 1855. India: N. India, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim; Bangladesh.
Lymantria liedgensi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: N. India, Assam, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand (TL: Bhimtal). 
Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855. India: Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Meghalaya, NE India; Bangladesh.
Lymantria mathura Moore, 1866. India: Himalaya, NE India.
Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865. India: NW India, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh, West Bengal. 
Lymantra serva Fabricius, 1793. Himalaya, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Nepal. 

Andamans only
Lymantria grigorievi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria brotea rudloffi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria swetlanae Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria siniaevi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Sikkim, Andamans.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh131
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya12
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal11
Total12511

Lymantria serva (Fabricius, 1793): Ficus benghalensis, Ficus religiosa (Moraceae),Lagerstroemia parviflora (Lythraceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae),Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia tomentosa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo pl 106/12-13.
  2. Pogue, M. G & P. W. Schaefer. 2007. A review of selected species of Lymantria Hübner (1819) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae) from subtropical and temperate regions of Asia, including the descriptions of three new species, some potentially invasive to North America. Available as Pdf pg 131, Pl 4/16; Pl 5/6,
  3. Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). 1- 248. Quadrifina 7.  Pdf text pg. 151 figs. 664-670 (pg. 171) map fg.655 (pg.153).

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Lymantria serva (Fabricius, 1793) – . 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/lymantria-serva, accessed 2026/02/15.