Dendrolimus himalayanus Tsai & Liu, 1964 -

Taxonomic Information

Dendrolimus Germar, 1812 species known from India and Nepal

Dendrolimus grisea (Moore, 1879). Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 

Dendrolimus himalayanus Tsai & Liu, 1964. Nepal. 

Dendrolimus phantom Zolotuhin & Witt, 2000. Nepal (TL). 

Dendrolimus cheela (Moore, 1879). NW Himalaya (TL: Dharmsala); Nepal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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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
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Tamil Nadu
Tripura
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Uttarakhand
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  1. OD: Dendrolimus himalayanus Tsai & Liu, 1964. Acta entomol. Sinica 13: 240, pl. 1, fig. 6, pl. Ill: 31-33. Type locality: China, Sitzang, Yatung. 
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 57/9.
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 63. 
  4. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 446.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Dendrolimus himalayanus Tsai & Liu, 1964 – . 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://moths.ncbs.res.in/dendrolimus-himalayanus, accessed 2024/04/19.