Taxonomic Information
Polynesia Swinhoe, 1892 species known from India.
Polynesia sunandava (Walker, 1861). India: Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal; Sri Lanka (TL).
Polynesia truncapex Swinhoe, 1892. India: Meghalaya (TL: Kashi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Polynesia curtitibia Prout, 1922.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 4 | 2 |
- OD: Pomasia sunandava Walker, 1861. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.22: 657, TL: Ceylon.
- 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. 418, # 3839.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 38.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=597199 [accessed 27 December 2019]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/461130-Polynesia-sunandava
Note: Tribal classification needs resolution. Often placed in Eupitheciini.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polynesia sunandava (Walker, 1861) – . 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/polynesia-sunandava, accessed 2025/11/03.