Artaxa spp. Walker, 1855 -

Taxonomic Information

Artaxa Walker, 1855 species from India:

Artaxa angulata (Matsumura, 1927)

Artaxa comparata (Walker, 1865)

Artaxa digramma (Boisduval, [1844])

Artaxa distracta Walker, 1865

Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855

Artaxa vitellina (Kollar, 1848)

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Artaxa spp. -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala5
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total5
  1. OD as Artaxa in Walker, 1855 List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4. Type species: Artaxa guttata
  2. Holloway, J.D., 1999. The Moths of Borneo, Part 5: Family Lymantriidae. (Tribe Nygmiini).
  3. Kaleka, A.S., Singh, D. and Bali, G.P.K., 2022. Further studies on genus Artaxa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from India. Oriental Insects, 56(2), pp.198-212. Fig. 1, C-D.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Artaxa spp. Walker, 1855 – . 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/artaxa-spp, accessed 2024/04/26.