Euchromia polymena (Linnaeus, 1758) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Euchromia Hübner [1819] 1816 known from India.
Euchromia elegantissima Wallengren, 1861. India (North India).
Euchromia magna (Swinhoe, 1891). India (Karnataka).
Euchromia polymena (Linnaeus, 1758). India (Plains of India), Andamans, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris), Assam, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala2111
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra221315911
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Euchromia polymena (Linnaeus, 1758): Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea carnea, Ipomoea cheirophylla (Convolvulaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010); Ipomoea triloba (Convolvulaceae) (Kawthankar, 2022). 

  1. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae pg.227 #469
  2. Wikipedia contributors. Euchromia polymena [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 May 7, 23:23 UTC [cited 2015 Oct 20]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euchromia_polymena&oldid=661324721.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Euchromia polymena (Linnaeus, 1758) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/euchromia-polymena, accessed 2024/03/29.