Orthaga euadrusalis Walker, [1859] -

Taxonomic Information

Orthaga Walker, [1859] species known from India (Singh et al. 2022).
Orthaga achatina (Butler, 1878) (Glossina). India. 
Orthaga aenescens (Moore, 1888) (Pannucha). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjiling [Darjeeling]), Himalayas. 
Orthaga auroviridalis Hampson, 1896. India: NE India, South India; Bhutan.
Orthaga basalis (Moore, 1888) (Pannucha). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjiling [Darjeeling]), NE India, Kerala. 
Orthaga euadrusalis Walker, 1859. India: Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Andaman and Nicobar; Sri Lanka. 
Orthaga exvinacea (Hampson, 1891) (Balanotis). India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Nilgiris), Andaman Is., Kerala. 
Orthaga mangiferae Misra, 1932. India.
Orthaga molleri Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim (TL). 
Orthaga olivacea (Warren, 1891) (Hyperbalanotis). India.
Orthaga onerata (butler, 1879) (Bleptina). India: NE India. 
Orthaga rhodoptila (Meyrick, 1932) (Balanotis). India: Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka. 
Orthaga roseiplaga Hampson, 1896. India: Maharashtra (TL: Mumbai [Bombay]). 
Orthaga rudis (Walker, 1862) (Locastra). India: Nilgiris. 
Orthaga vitialis (Walker, 1859) (Pyralis). India: Nilgiris; Sri Lanka. 
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total12
  1. Orthaga euadrusalis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 16: 191. TL: Saarwak, Borneo. Text athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/260/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.pg. 125. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 112, Pl. 143/14. 
  4. Inoue, H., S. Sugi,  H. Kuroko, S. Moriuti & A. Kawabe. 1982. Moths of Japan, Vol. 2. Plates and synonymic catalogue. Japan, Kodansha Co. Ltd. 111 pp. Pl. 45/41. 
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=282900
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/736186-Orthaga-euadrusalis
     

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Orthaga euadrusalis Walker, [1859] – . 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/orthaga-euadrusalis, accessed 2025/10/16.