Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926 -

Taxonomic Information

Polyscia Warren, 1896 species known from India.
Polyscia argentilinea (Moore, 1868). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. ; Nepal; Myanmar [Burma] (TL). 
Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal. 
Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1927. India: NE Himalaya; Borneo (TL). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Similar species: Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896. 

  1. Heteromiza ochrilinea Warren 1896. JBNHS, Vol. 11, 1897-98. P. 719. 
  2. Polyscia ochrilinea Warren 1896. Nov. Zool. III., P. 148. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at 
  3. https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi03lond#page/148/mode/1up
  4. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/20f224ef-f1c9-4e05-807c-ec8d5db55946/preview
  5. https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-404730 misspelt as ochrifinea

Another similar species is Conolophia nigripuncta (Hampson, 1891).

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/polyscia-viridispurca, accessed 2025/02/09.