Taxonomic Information
Pagyda Walker, 1859 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Pagyda arbiter (Butler, 1879). India: Andaman Is. (Rao & Sivaperuman, 2022).
Pagyda auroralis (Moore, [1888]). India (Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh).
Pagyda argyritis Hampson, 1899. India (Sikkim); Bhutan.
Pagyda botydalis (Snellen, 1880). Sri Lanka.
Pagyda exalbalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Pagyda discolor Swinhoe, 1894. India (Meghalaya); Myanmar.
Pagyda lustralis Snellen, 1890. India (Sikkim); Myanmar.
Pagyda pulverulenta Swinhoe, 1901
Pagyda rubricatalis Swinhoe, 1890. Myanmar.
Pagyda straminealis Hampson, 1896. India (Sikkim).
Pagyda salvalis Walker, 1859. India.
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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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
Pagyda salvalis Walker, 1859: Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- 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. 271, # 4803.
- Irungbam, J. S., M. S. Chib & K. Wangdi. 2016. Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan (Lepidoptera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (2016) 355-382. Fig 5A.
- Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Field Guide to Indian Moths. Birdwing Publications. Pl. 17/1.
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Pagyda-salvalis.php [accessed 27 December 2018]
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=264149 [accessed 27 December 2018]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pagyda salvalis 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/pagyda-salvalis, accessed 2025/10/31.