Taxonomic Information
Rajendra Moore, 1879 species known from India.
Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855). India: Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh.
Rajendra cingulata (Rothschild, 1910). India: Tamil Nadu.
Rajendra perrottetii [Guerin–Meneville, (1844)]. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Western Slopes, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Bihar.
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Rajendra perrotteti (Syn: Alphaea nigricans, FBI, Moths 2: pg. 23, # 1221). Ref: Gurule and Nikam, 2013 for images of both species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
- Aloa nigricans Moore, 1872. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 572; TL: Deccan. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen72zool/page/572/mode/1up?view=theater
- Rajendra lativitta Moore, 1879. Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 43; TL: Bihar, Parisnath Hill. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/43/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs, #1220, pg. 23 as Alphaea biguttata
- , 2007. Review of the genus Rajendra Moore, with systematic notes on the genus Nannoarctia Kôda (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Tinea 20 (1): 67-76, Tokyo.
- Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014. Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367: 16
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Rajendra biguttata (Walker, 1855) – . 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/rajendra-biguttata, accessed 2025/11/13.