Glanycus insolitus Walker, 1855 -

Taxonomic Information

A dimorphic species with the male originally described as a separate species G. tricolor Moore 1879. The female is predominately red with some black markings.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Glanycus insolitus -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam1
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
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland2
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total121

Glanycus insolitus (Walker, 1855): Psydrax dicoccos (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)

  1. Hampson, G. 1892. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae, pg 369, # 814 for female, # 815 for male described under G. tricolor
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal. Pl.138:22,23
  3. inaturalist.org. iNaturalist.org web application at http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/450104 [accessed 20 Nov 2015]
  4. inaturalist.org. iNaturalist.org web application at http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1305107 Mating example [accessed 20 Nov 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Glanycus insolitus Walker, 1855 – . 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/glanycus-insolitus, accessed 2024/03/29.