Terastia egialealis (Walker, 1859) -

Taxonomic Information

Terastia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854 species known from the Indian subcontinent (based on Singh et al. 2022).
Terastia diversalis (Walker, 1866). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Terastia egialealis (Walker, 1859). Nepal; Bhutan; India.
Terastia meticulosalis Guenée, 1854. Indian: Nicobar Island, Bombay (Maharashtra), Calcutta, Kerala, Jharkhand, Car Nicobar, Bihar.
Terastia proceralis Lederer, 1863. Indian: East India, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Upper Assam, Naga Hills.
Terastia subjectalis Lederer, 1863. India?

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam11
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala122
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh11
Maharashtra3111
Manipur
Meghalaya113
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha1
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim2
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total122652145

Terastia egialealis (Walker, 1859): Erythrina arborescens, Erythrina suberosa, Erythrina subumbrans, Erythrina variegata (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

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Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Terastia egialealis (Walker, 1859) – . 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/terastia-egialealis, accessed 2025/11/06.