Taxonomic Information
Limbobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 species known from India.
Limbobotys limbolalis (Moore, 1877). India: S. Andamans (TL: Port Blair), West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala; Bhutan; Myanmar.
Limbobotys ptyophora (Hampson, 1896). India: Sikkim (TL), Kerala, West Bengal, Andaman Is., Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Bihar.
Limbobotys acanthi Zhang & Li, 2013. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Mehao WLS). New record for India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 2 |
- Crocidophora ptyophora Hampson, 1896. FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 389, # 5118, Fig. 210.
- K. O, J., Bayarsaikhan, U., Kim, J. and Bae, Y.S., 2025. The genus Limbobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from Laos, with the description of a new species and a newly combined species. Zootaxa, 5632(2), pp.337-348. Fig. 1 & 2.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/892912-Limbobotys-ptyophora
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Limbobotys ptyophora (Hampson, 1896) – . 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/limbobotys-ptyophora, accessed 2026/02/07.