Pericyma spp. Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] -

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

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1222
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka13112
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal11
Total1321332251
Pericyma spp.: Albizia amara, Delonix regia, Sesbania bispinosa, Sesbania sesban , Acacia catechu, Acacia lenticularis, Acacia polyacantha (Fabaceae), Coffea spp. (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Pericyma spp. Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.83. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/pericyma-spp, accessed 2025/03/28.