Filodes fulvidorsalis (Hübner, 1832) -

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Filodes fulvidorsalis (Hübner, 1832): Thunbergia alata, Thunbergia coccinea, Thunbergia grandiflora (Acanthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713. , Image 25.
  2. Hampson, G. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae, pg 297, # 4866-67
  3. inaturalist.org http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121909-Filodes-fulvidorsalis [accessed 20 March 2017]
  4. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273309 [accessed 20 March 2017]

Other Notes

Similar species: Filodes sexpunctalis Snellen, 1890. Filodes fulvidorsalis which is less orange-red and has black spots at the middle of cell and discocellulars, which sexpunctalis  lacks. Underside of fulvidorsalis has black spots, which sexpunctalis lacks.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=501049 [accessed 25 December 2019] for Filodes sexpunctalis. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Filodes fulvidorsalis (Hübner, 1832) – . 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/filodes-fulvidorsalis, accessed 2024/04/16.