Taxonomic Information
Polytela Guenée, 1852 species known from India.
Polytela chrysospila Walker, 1865. Myanmar, Indonesia.
Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874). India: Haryana, New Delhi.
Polytela florigera Guenée, 1852. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai [Madras]), Karnataka (Bengaluru), "Canara".
Polytela gloriosae (Fabricius, 1775). Indian subcontinent.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Polytela florigera -
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Similar species: Polytela gloriosae:
Differs from gloriosae in the basal joints of the palpi and antennae being black (gloriosa - orange); the orange spots on the metathorax often absent; cilia of hindwing black (gloriosae - yellow)" (Hampson, 1892). Host plant: Iphigenia indica (the individual was laying eggs which were later raised) (Nawge, 2024).
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- Polytela florigera Guenée, 1852. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 114; TL: East Indies. Text at: https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell05bois/page/114/mode/1up?view=theater
- Polytela florigera; Hampson, 1894. Fauna Br. India (Moths) 2: 169, #1589. Dist: Madras, Canara. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths02hamp/page/169/mode/1up?view=theater
- Walker, 1856. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. Part 9. Page 139. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38917634#page/151/mode/1up
- Polytela inclyta Walker, 1869. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Heterocera. Page 27. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18416087#page/37/mode/1up
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polytela florigera Guenée, 1852 – . 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/polytela-florigera, accessed 2025/10/24.