Taxonomic Information
List of Dudusa Walker, 1865 species known from India.
Dudusa synopla Swinhoe, 1907. India (Meghalaya, Maharashtra); Myanmar.
Dudusa nobilis Walker, 1865. India (Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu); Myanmar.
Dudusa sphingiformis Moore, 1872. India (Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh); Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Dudusa synopla Swinhoe, 1907. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 19: 205. Text at https://archive.org/stream/ser7annalsmagazi19londuoft#page/205/mode/1up
- Schintlmeister, A., & A. Pinratana. 2007. Moths of Thailand, Volume 5. Notodontidae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 320 pp. + 45 pls. pg 30-32, Pl. 2/3.
- Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 234.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-4/dudusa/notodontidae_2_2.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/523782-Dudusa-synopla
Other Notes
Similar species: Dudusa nobilis Walker, 1865.
Dudusa synopla Swinhoe, 1907 has more orange-brown coloration than Dudusa nobilis, and has a complete uninterrupted dorsal pale line on abdomen (nobilis has interrupted markings), and has less white on forewing costa.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Dudusa synopla Swinhoe, 1907 – . 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/dudusa-synopla, accessed 2025/11/05.