Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) -

Taxonomic Information

Polytela Guenée, 1852 species known from India:
Polytela chrysospila Walker, 1865
Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Polytela florigera Guenée, 1852
Polytela gloriosae (Fabricius, 1775)

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Polytela cliens -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana1
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874): Ischaemum afrum (Poaceae), Pancratium tortuosum (Amaryllidaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. OD: Euphasia ? cliens Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874. Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 108, f. 48. Plate at https://archive.org/details/umdieerdeindenja03akad/page/n268/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Glottula orientalis Hampson, 1894. Fauna Br. India (Moths) 2: 168; TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths02hamp/page/168/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Polytela cliens tanit Rungs, 1972; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (3) 46: 676; TL: Mauritania, Coppolani, north of Nouak Cholt. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletindumuseu46musea/page/676/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Komal, J., Shashank, P.R., Sondhi, S., Madan S., Sondhi, Y., Meshram, N.M., Anooj, S.S. 2021. Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Delhi, India: An illustrated checklist based on museum specimens and surveys. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e73997. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e73997. Pl. 23f. 
  5. http://www.pyrgus.de/Polytela_cliens_en.html
 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) – . 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/polytela-cliens, accessed 2024/03/29.