Subspecies in India
Soritia pulchella octopunctata (Möschler, 1872). NE Himalaya.
Soritia pulchella pulchella (Kollar, [1844]). Western Himalaya.
Taxonomic Information
List of Soritia Walker, 1854 species known from India.
Soritia pulchella (Kollar, [1844]). India: Uttarakhand (Mussoorie), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Soritia shahama (Moore, [1866]). India: North India, West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Soritia bicolor (Moore, 1884). India: North India.
Soritia nigribasalis Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim.
Soritia viridibasalis (Dudgeon, 1905). Myanmar.
Soritia sevastopuloi Tremewan, 1959. India: North India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Uttarakhand | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Soritia pulchella (Kollar, [1844]): Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae),Malus pumila, Rubus macilentus (Rosaceae), Melastoma malabathricum (Melastomataceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 252, #525.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. Plate 33 fg.14 & 17.
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). www.barcodinglife.org. Accessed August 2015. Soritia pulchella.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Soritia pulchella (Kollar, [1844]) – . 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/soritia-pulchella, accessed 2024/04/18.