Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Catocalini > Catocala
Catocala prolifica Walker, [1858]
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- Early stages
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- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
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Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
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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Similiar species:
Other Catocala spp. in the Indian region with crimson hindwings are Catocala nupta, sponsalis, concubia.
W. Warren in Seitz, A. 1914 says "easily recognisable by the blackish forewings".
Butler, 1886 "all the markings on these wings blurred, those on the centre of the wing forming an 8 through the combination of two reversed angulated bands".
List of Catocala Schrank, 1802 species known from India.
Catocala afghana Swinhoe, 1885. Pakistan.
Catocala concubia Walker, [1858]. India: North India, Punjab,
Catocala benediki Borth, Kons, Saldaitis & Gall, 2017. Pakistan, Karakoram.
Catocala distorta Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh.
Catocala dotatoides. India.
Catocala flavescens. India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Catocala fuscinupta. India: Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Catocala hyperconnexa Sugi, 1965. Nepal.
Catocala inconstans Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh.
Catocala kishidai. Myanmar.
Catocala leechi. India: Kashmir.
Catocala nymphaea (Esper, 1787). India: Kashmir.
Catocala patala Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874. India: North India.
Catocala persimilis. India: Western India.
Catocala prolifica Walker, 1857. India.
Catocala rhodosoma Röber, 1927. India. Naga Hills, Nagaland.
Catocala sponsalis. Nepal.
Catocala tapestrina Moore, 1882. Bhutan; Nepal; India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
W. Warren in Seitz, A. 1914 says "easily recognisable by the blackish forewings".
Butler, 1886 "all the markings on these wings blurred, those on the centre of the wing forming an 8 through the combination of two reversed angulated bands".
List of Catocala Schrank, 1802 species known from India.
Catocala afghana Swinhoe, 1885. Pakistan.
Catocala concubia Walker, [1858]. India: North India, Punjab,
Catocala benediki Borth, Kons, Saldaitis & Gall, 2017. Pakistan, Karakoram.
Catocala distorta Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh.
Catocala dotatoides. India.
Catocala flavescens. India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Catocala fuscinupta. India: Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Catocala hyperconnexa Sugi, 1965. Nepal.
Catocala inconstans Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh.
Catocala kishidai. Myanmar.
Catocala leechi. India: Kashmir.
Catocala nymphaea (Esper, 1787). India: Kashmir.
Catocala patala Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874. India: North India.
Catocala persimilis. India: Western India.
Catocala prolifica Walker, 1857. India.
Catocala rhodosoma Röber, 1927. India. Naga Hills, Nagaland.
Catocala sponsalis. Nepal.
Catocala tapestrina Moore, 1882. Bhutan; Nepal; India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
References:
- # 2363, pg 441 vol 2,
- pl 45/1.
- http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=210030 [accessed 3 Oct 2015]
- Seitz, A. 1914. The Macrolepidoptera of the world : a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera V.3. Pg.311 Pl.63 row e
- Borth, R.J., Kons Jr, H.L., Saldaitis, A. and Gall, L.F., 2017. The taxonomy of Catocala nupta (Linnaeus, 1767) and its allies, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Zootaxa, 4263(2), pp.251-272.
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Anonymous. 2022. Catocala prolifica Walker, [1858]. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355321/Catocala-prolifica