Taxonomic Information
List of Peridea Stephens, 1828 known from India.
Peridea sikkima (Moore, 1879). India (West Bengal, NE India); Nepal.
Peridea swata Kiriakoff, 1974. India (Uttarakhand); Nepal; Pakistan.
Junior synonym of Peridea sikkima (Moore, 1879): Peridea moorei (Hampson, 1893). While many websites and sources list this species as Peridea moorei, the description by Moore, 1879 precedes that by Hampson, 1893, hence the former name takes precedence.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Peridea sikkima -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 2 |
- OD: Notodonta sikkima Moore, 1879; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 68; TL: Sikkim at http://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/68/mode/1up. [accessed 06 July 2017]
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 163, # 291.
- Schintlmeister, A. & A. Pinratana. 2006. Moths of Thailand, Volume 5: Notodontidae. Pl 25/185.
- www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=284255
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/01_NOTODONTIDAE/06_Notodontinae/05_Peridea/Peridea%20moorei/Peridea%20moorei.htm [accessed 06 July 2017]
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Peridea sikkima (Moore, 1879) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/peridea-sikkima, accessed 2024/04/25.