Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879) -

Taxonomic Information

Alphaea imbuta
Markings on HW are yellowish, not white. See MON 18/12 and http://www.insecta-web.org/cgi-bin/MWM/vk/dysplay_virt_koll.pl  [accessed 04 July 2018]

 

List of Alphaea Walker, 1855 known from India.
Alphaea fulvohirta Walker, 1855, India (West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Assam,
Arunachal Pradesh).
Alphaea (Flavalphaea) impleta (Walker, 1864), India (West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, NW Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh).
Alphaea (Flavalphaea) khasiana (Rothschild, 1910), India (Meghalaya).
Alphaea (Nayaca) florescens (Moore, 1879), India (Sikkim, Assam, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh).
Alphaea (Nayaca) imbuta (Walker, 1855), India (NW Himalayas, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim).
Alphaea (Nayaca) rothschildi Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005, India (Sikkim, Meghalaya).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Alphaea florescens -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh3
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total4
  1. OD: Nyaca florescens Moore, 1879. Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 43, pl. 2, f. 13; TL: Sikkim. Text at http://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/43/mode/1up. [accessed 04 July 2018]. Plate at http://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/n326/mode/1up
  2. http://www.insecta-web.org/cgi-bin/MWM/vk/dysplay_virt_koll.pl [accessed 04 July 2018] Box arc447.
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Toky. Pl 18/9. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879) – . 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/alphaea-florescens, accessed 2024/04/18.