Laelia exclamationis (Kollar, 1848) -

Taxonomic Information

Laelia Stephens, 1828 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Laelia adalia Swinhoe, 1900. TL: Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.
Laelia atestacea Hampson, [1893]. West Bengal. 
Laelia aurantiaca (Warren, 1888). NW Himalaya.
Laelia calamaria Hampson, 1900. Nilgiris.
Laelia cardinalis Hampson, [1893]. Sri Lanka.
Laelia cervina (Moore, 1879). India.
Laelia cinnamomea (Moore, 1879). NW Himalaya.
Laelia colon (Hampson, 1891). Nilgiris.
Laelia devestita (Walker, 1865). West Bengal.
Laelia exclamationis (Kollar, 1848). India.
Laelia farinosa Röber, 1925. Naga Hills.
Laelia fasciata (Moore, [1883]). Sri Lanka; Myanmar. 
Laelia juvenis (Walker, 1855). Sri Lanka.
Laelia lilacina Moore, 1884. Nilgiris.
Laelia litura (Walker, 1855). NW Himalayas; Nepal. 
Laelia pallida Moore, 1884. Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Laelia prolata Swinhoe, 1892. India.
Laelia testacea (Walker, 1855). N. India.
Laelia umbrina (Moore, 1888). N. & S. India.
Laelia uniformis Hampson, 1891. Nilgiris.
Laelia venosa Moore, 1877. West Bengal, Andamans. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh2
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh11
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir111
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala131113211
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand122
West Bengal
Total43211354312
Laelia exclamationis (Kollar, 1848): Megathyrsus maximus, Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae), Canna spp. (Cannaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. Euprepia exclamationis Kollar, 1848; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 469; TL: Himalaya. Text at https://archive.org/stream/kaschmirunddasr04hg#page/469/mode/1up
  2. 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 527 p - 333 fig.Pg. 442, # 982.
  3. Kaleka, A.S. and Kaur, N., 2019. Studies on internal genitalic features of two species of genus Laelia Stephens (Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) from India. Journal of Entomological Research, 43(3), pp.387-390. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Laelia exclamationis (Kollar, 1848) – . 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/laelia-exclamationis, accessed 2024/04/19.