Lepidoptera > Zygaenoidea > Limacodidae > Limacodinae > Parasa
Parasa lepida (Cramer, 1799)
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Parasa lepida
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Parasa lepida (Cramer, 1799): Vernicia montana, Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Artocarpus hirsutus, Ficus benghalensis (Moraceae), Barringtonia racemosa, Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae), Borassus flabellifer (Arecaceae),Brassica oleracea (Brassicaceae), Butea monosperma, Erythrina subumbrans, Cassia fistula (Fabaceae), Flacourtia indica (Salicaceae),Lagerstroemia speciosa, Punica granatum (Lythraceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Piper nigrum (Piperaceae), Catunaregam spinosa (Rubiaceae), Sapindus trifoliatus (Sapindaceae), Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae), Vitex altissima (Lamiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- , pg 388, # 859
- iNaturalist.org web application at http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202828-Parasa-lepida [Accessed 31 August 2015]
- Solovyev, A.V. (2014) Parasa Moore Auct: Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). In: Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich. Akademischer Verlag München, München, 240 pp. Pg. 89, Figure. 94.
Lepidoptera > Zygaenoidea > Limacodidae > Limacodinae > Parasa
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sondhi, S. 2021. Parasa lepida (Cramer, 1799). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355225/Parasa-lepida
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