Taxonomic Information
Donda Moore, 1882 species known from India and Nepal.
Donda eurychlora (Walker, 1858). India: "Canara" (TL), Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh.
Donda ornata Moore, 1883. India: Maharashtra (Bombay); Bangladesh. Placement in Donda uncertain.
Donda lichenoides Hampson, 1894. India: Naga Hills. Placement in Donda uncertain.
Donda unispinosa Bandyopadhyay, Raha & Chandra, 2020. India: Uttarakhand (TL: Jauljibi, Askot Wildlife Sanctuary).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 1 |
- Dandaca eurychlora Walker, 1858. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 15, Pg. 1670. TL: "Canara, Hindustan". Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121628#page/714/mode/1up
- Polydesma eurychlora; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. pg. 471, # 2433.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 49/7.
- Behounek, G., H.L. Han & V.S. Kononenko. 2012. A revision of the genus Donda Moore, 1882 with description of two species from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution V. Zootaxa 3882: 37–47. Pg. 39. Fig. 1-2.
- Bandyopadhyay, U., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K., Gayen, S. and Chandra, K., 2020. Description of a New Species of Donda Moore, 1882 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from the Western Himalayas, India1. Entomological News, 129(1), pp.49-54.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/602264-Donda-eurychlora
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Donda eurychlora (Walker, 1858) – . 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/Donda-eurychlora, accessed 2026/01/31.