Taxonomic Information
Polynesia Swinhoe, 1892 species known from India.
Polynesia sunandava (Walker, 1861). India: Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal; Sri Lanka (TL).
Polynesia truncapex Swinhoe, 1892. India: Meghalaya (TL: Kashi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Polynesia curtitibia Prout, 1922.
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Polynesia truncapex -
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Polynesia curtitibia Prout, 1922
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_35_1.php
Polynesia curtitibia Prout, 1922, Novit. zool., 29: 345.
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 1 | 1 |
- Polynesia truncapex Swinhoe, 1892. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1892 (1): 5; TL: Khasia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1892roya#page/5/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg 418, #3839.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=413764 [accessed 08 October 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polynesia truncapex Swinhoe, 1892 – . 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/polynesia-truncapex, accessed 2025/10/25.