Taxonomic Information
Radhica Moore, 1879 species known from India (based on Joshi et al 2023).
Radhica elisabethae (de Lajonquière, 1977). Myanmar; India: Assam, India.
Radhica flavovittata flavovittata (Moore, 1879). Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar; India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamshala), Uttarakhand (Mussoorie, Nanital), Kashmir, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh.
Radhica rosea (Hampson, 1891). India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris, 6000 ft.), Kerala.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Arguda rosea: Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 413, # 918.
- Hampson, 1891. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Musuem. Pt Viii, Page. 65, Plate. 144, Fig. 18.
- Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. 10, Pg. 399. Pl. 35a.
- Sondhi, Yash & Sondhi, Sanjay & P. R., Shashank & Kunte, Krushnamegh. (2018). Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records.(28). 66-89. Image 201.
- Geetha Iyer 2021. Moths of Tamil Nadu. Blackbuck vol 37, Nos 1 &2; Published by Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai. 1-98. Image No.43- Page 15.
- Rahul Joshi, Naveneet Singh, Jalil Ahmad (2023). An annotated catalogue of Indian Lasiocampidae (Lasiocampoidea, Lepidoptera).Zootaxa 5228(5):547–583.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=525189 [Accessed 4 Aug 2023]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Radhica rosea Hampson, 1891 – . 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/radhica-rosea, accessed 2025/11/04.