Radhica rosea Hampson, 1891 -

Taxonomic Information

Radhica Moore, 1879 species known from India (based on Joshi et al 2023).
Radhica elisabethae (de Lajonquière, 1977). Myanmar; India: Assam, India.
Radhica flavovittata flavovittata (Moore, 1879). Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar; India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamshala), Uttarakhand (Mussoorie, Nanital), Kashmir, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh.
Radhica rosea (Hampson, 1891). India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris, 6000 ft.), Kerala.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. OD: Arguda rosea: 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 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 413, # 918.
  2. Hampson, 1891. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Musuem. Pt Viii, Page. 65, Plate. 144, Fig. 18.
  3. Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. 10, Pg. 399. Pl. 35a.
  4. Sondhi, Yash & Sondhi, Sanjay & P. R., Shashank & Kunte, Krushnamegh. (2018). Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records.(28). 66-89. Image 201.
  5. Geetha Iyer 2021. Moths of Tamil Nadu. Blackbuck vol 37, Nos 1 &2; Published by Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai. 1-98. Image No.43- Page 15.
  6. Rahul Joshi, Naveneet Singh, Jalil Ahmad (2023). An annotated catalogue of Indian Lasiocampidae (Lasiocampoidea, Lepidoptera).Zootaxa 5228(5):547–583.
  7. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=525189 [Accessed 4 Aug 2023]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Radhica rosea Hampson, 1891 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/radhica-rosea, accessed 2024/04/29.