Taxonomic Information
Palpita Hübner, 1808 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Palpita albifulvata Kirti & Rose, 1992. India.
Palpita annulata (Fabricius, 1794). Myanmar; Sri Lanka; India.
Palpita annulifer Inoue, 1996. India.
Palpita ardealis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Andamans, Nicobar Islands.
Palpita asiaticalis Inoue, 1994. India.
Palpita bambusalis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Palpita conclusalis (Walker, 1866). India.
Palpita fraterna (Moore, 1888). Nepal; India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Palpita hexcornutialis Kirti & Rose, 1992. India: Uttarakhand (Mussoorie, Dehradun).
Palpita indannulata Inoue, 1996. Nepal; India: Uttar Pradesh (Chapauli).
Palpita indistans (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Palpita kiminensis Kirti & Rose, 1992. Nepal; Myanmar; India: Arunachal Pradesh (Kimin, Subansiri).
Palpita munroei Inoue, 1996. Nepal; India.
Palpita oblita (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Palpita pajnii Kirti & Rose, 1992. Nepal; India: Arunachal Pradesh (Deomali, Tirap).
Palpita palpifulvata Kirti & Rose, 1992. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Deomali, Tirap).
Palpita perunionalis Inoue, 1994. Nepal; India.
Palpita picticostalis (Hampson, 1896). Myanmar; India: Andaman Islands.
Palpita pulverulenta (Hampson, 1918). Sri Lanka.
Palpita robusta (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Palpita sejunctalis Inoue, 1997. Myanmar.
Palpita semimicroptera Inoue, 1996. Nepal.
Palpita sphenocosma (Meyrick, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Shillong, Cherrapunji).
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794). India.
Palpita warrenalis (Swinhoe, 1894). Nepal; India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh.
A species complex with at least 16 similar species that are best separated by genitalia and comparing molecular phylogeny.
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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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
- Inoue, H. 1994. Two new species of the genus Palpita Hübner from Southeast Asia (Lepdioptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). Transactions of the Lepidoptera Society of Japan, 45(2): 97-104.
- Inoue, H. 1996. Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, oriental and Australian Regions. Part 1: Group A (Annulifer Group). Tinea, 15, pp.12-46.
- Inoue, H. 1997. Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Regions. Part 2: Group B. Tinea, 15 (2), pp.131-181.
- Rathikannu, S. and N. Chitra (2019). Taxonomic study of genus Palpita (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu. Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences. Vol 8 [10]: 64-67
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Palpita annulifer complex Inoue, 1996 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/palpita-annulifer-complex, accessed 2025/12/07.