Taxonomic Information
Pida Walker, 1865 species known from India.
Pida albostriata (Hampson, [1893]). India: Manipur, Nagaland.
Pida apicalis Walker, 1865. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Pida calligramma (Walker, 1865). Nepal; India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Pida patrana (Moore, 1859). Bhutan; India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
- OD: Pida apicalis Walker, 1865. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 32: 400, TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
- Butler, A. G. 1881. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Plate LXXXIX fg.15
- 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, pg 457, # 1022. Male described.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal pl 55/1.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pida apicalis Walker, 1865 – . 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/pida-apicalis, accessed 2025/11/07.