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Melanthia catenaria (Moore, [1868])

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Melanthia catenaria

Melanthia catenaria catenaria

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Indian and global distribution:

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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
Uttarakhand
All states

Similiar species:

References:

Melanippe catenaria Moore, [1868]. Proc. Zool. Soc. Long. 3: 655, Pl. 33/9. TL: Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534005#page/677/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90421#page/21/mode/1up
Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg 354 as Cidaria catenaria.
Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 7/1.
Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 100/10.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=323546 [accessed 16 January 2021]
http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Melanthia_Catenaria [accessed 16 January 2021]

Lepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae > Larentiinae > Cidariini > Melanthia

Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2021. Melanthia catenaria (Moore, [1868]). 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/357529/Melanthia-catenaria

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