Taxonomic Information
Plutodes Guenée,1857 species known from India.
Plutodes costatus (Butler, 1886). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand.
Plutodes cyclaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Punjab?.
Plutodes discigera Butler, 1880. India.
Plutodes exiguifascia Hampson, 1895. Sri Lanka.
Plutodes exquisita Butler, 1880. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh.
Plutodes flavescens Butler, 1880. India: NE Himalayas.
Plutodes lamisca Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh.
Plutodes nilgirica Hampson, 1895. India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris: TL).
Plutodes philornis Prout, 1926. India: Assam, Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Plutodes pseudocyclaria Kirti & Goyal, 2011. India: Devikulam, Kerala.
Plutodes quadratus Singh, Raha, Mallick, Kirti & Singh, 2023. India: Chhattisgarh (TL), Maharashtra.
Plutodes subcaudata Butler, 1880. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Plutodes transmutata Walker, 1861. India: "N. India", Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttarakhand ; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Plutodes warreni Prout. 1923. India: "NW Himalaya", Arunachal Pradesh.
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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| Total | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
- Butler, A. G., Walsingham, T. D. G. B., & Hampson, G. F. (1893). Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum: The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon. order of the Trustees. Part VI, 1886 Pl. CXIX. Page 80
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- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=155725 [accessed 15 Sep 2016]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Plutodes exquisita Butler, 1880 – . 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/plutodes-exquisita, accessed 2025/10/27.