Viridistria thoracica (Moore, 1879) -

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Viridistria thoracica -


Similar species V. striatovirens and V. viridipicta:

The original description of viridipicta at The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 14, 2: 202 (Ancara) (Holotype: male: India, Meghalaya,Khasis [NHM (BMNH), London]) seems quite similar to thoracica.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1
  1. OD: Donda thoracica Moore, F. 1879. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson. Asiatic Society of Bengal. Pg 161, Pl. 5/7. Text at https://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/n6/mode/1up
  2. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=573998
  3. Behounek & Kononenko, 2012: A revision of the "Belciana" viridipicta (Hampson, 1902) species group with description of a new genus and two new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, Contribution VII. Zootaxa3590 37-50. 

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Viridistria thoracica (Moore, 1879) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/viridistria-thoracica, accessed 2024/04/16.