Plutodes transmutata Walker, 1861 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Plutodes Guenée, 1857 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019): 
Plutodes costatus (Butler, 1886). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand. 
Plutodes cyclaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Punjab?.
Plutodes digitata Kirti & Saxena. India: Sikkim (Gangtok: TL). 
Plutodes discigera Butler, 1880. India.
Plutodes exiguifascia Hampson, 1895. Sri Lanka. 
Plutodes exquisita Butler, 1880. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Plutodes flavescens Butler, 1880. India: NE Himalayas.
Plutodes lamisca Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Plutodes nilgirica Hampson, 1895. India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris: TL). 
Plutodes philornis Prout, 1926. India: Assam, Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Plutodes pseudocyclaria Kirti & Goyal, 2011. India: Devikulam, Kerala.
Plutodes subcaudata Butler, 1880. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Plutodes transmutata Walker, 1861. India: "N. India", Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttarakhand ; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Plutodes warreni Prout. 1923. India: "NW Himalaya", Arunachal Pradesh. 

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  1. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae: pg. 162, #3128
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal pl.69:21
  3. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong.  Full Text.pdf Plate 23/29.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Plutodes transmutata Walker, 1861 – . 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/plutodes-transmutata, accessed 2024/03/29.