Maurilia iconica (Walker, [1858]) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Maurilia Möschler, 1884 species known from India.
Maurilia cervina (Walker, 1866) (Briarda). India: Sikkim; Myanmar; Nepal.
Maurilia iconica (Walker, [1858] 1857) (Anomis). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Nilgiris, Kerala, West Bengal, Uttarakhand; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh316
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala111
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand131
West Bengal1
Total242256122
Maurilia iconica (Walker, [1858]): Terminalia phillyreifolia, Terminalia anogeissiana, Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae), Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. OD: Anomis iconica Walker, 1857 [1858]. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 13: 992.TL: Sri Lanka.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 43/15. 
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 29/44. 
  4. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_9_1.php [accessed 17 August 2020]
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=271060 [accessed 17 August 2020]
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/519469-Maurilia-iconica

Maurilia undaira Swinhoe, 1918, earlier considered a synonym for M. iconica, is treated by Holloway as a valid taxon, extralimital to India. See link below. 
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_9_2.php

Maurilia pallidipennis Warren, 1916. India (Sikkim), a third species, is treated by Holloway as a synonym of M. cervina. See link below. 
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_9_1.php 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Maurilia iconica (Walker, [1858]) – . 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/maurilia-iconica, accessed 2024/04/19.