Subspecies in India
(1) Eterusia aedea aedea (Linnaeus, 1763).
(2) Eterusia aedea virescens (Butler, 1881). S. India.
Taxonomic Information
List of Eterusia Hope, 1841 species known from India.
Eterusia aedea (Linnaeus, 1763). Nepal; Sri Lanka; India: Himalaya, NE India.
Eterusia repleta Walker, [1865]. Myanmar; India: Assam, Sikkim, Naga Hills, Nagaland.
Eterusia sublutea Walker, 1854. Bangladesh: Sylhet; Myanmar; India.
Eterusia tricolor Hope, 1841.Myanmar; India: Assam.
Eterusia raja Moore, [1858]. India: Naga Hills.
Eterusia risa (Doubleday, 1844). Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Eterusia aedea (Linnaeus, 1763): Buddleja sp. ((Scrophulariaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig, 262, #556 as Heterusia aedea
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig, 262, #554 as Heterusia virescens
- Yen, S. 2004. Nomenclatural and Systematic Problems Surrounding Eterusia aedea (Linnaeus, 1763) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae). Zoological Studies 43(1): 20-34.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Eterusia aedea (Linnaeus, 1763) – . 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/eterusia-aedea, accessed 2024/04/19.