Taxonomic Information
Pericyma Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] species from India. Most of the species display polymorphism.
Pericyma albidens (Walker, 1865) (Moepa). S. India.
Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) (Homoptera). India.
Pericyma detersa (Walker, 1865) (Homoptera). N India.
Pericyma glaucinans (Guenée, 1852) (Alamis). India, Bangladesh.
Pericyma umbrina (Guenée, 1852) (Alamis). India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Pericyma glaucinans -
,
,
,
,
,
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Pericyma glaucinans (Guenée, 1852): Albizia amara, Delonix regia, Sesbania bispinosa, Sesbania sesban (Fabaceae), Coffea spp. (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- OD: Alamis glaucinans Guenée, 1852. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 6
- 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. 475, #2444 as Homoptera glaucinans.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 87/21.
- Alamis ligilla Guenée, 1852. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 6; TL: Java
- Homoptera infligens Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1068; TL: North Hindostan
- Homoptera solita Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1068; TL: Hindostan
- Homoptera antica Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 887; TL: South Hindostan
- Hypogramma validula Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 893; TL: Punjab
- Hampson, G. F. 1893. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum Part IX, pg 109 & Pl 165 figs 1,7 & 15 as Dugaria glaucinans.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=267193 [accessed 14 May 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Pericyma glaucinans (Guenée, 1852) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.50. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/pericyma-glaucinans, accessed 2023/06/01.