Taxonomic Information
Sphrageidus Maes, 1984 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Sphrageidus simlensis (Gupta, 1986) (Porthesia). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh (TL: Shimla).
Sphrageidus similis (Fuessly, 1775) (Phalaena). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848) (Liparis). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal; Sri Lanka (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Porthesia simlensis Gupta,1986. Reichenbachia, 24:107-108
- Wang, H., Wahlberg, N., Holloway, J.D., Bergsten, J., Fan, X., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Wen, L., Wang, M. and Nylin, S., 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions. Cladistics, 31(6), pp.579-592. For generic placement in Sphrageidus and tribal placement in Nygmiini.
- Kaleka, A.S., D. Singh & G. Bali. 2020. Present status of the genus Sphrageidus Maes, 1984 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12. 16153-16160.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Sphrageidus simlensis (Gupta, 1986) – . 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/sphrageidus-simlensis, accessed 2025/11/01.