Parapoynx affinialis Guenée, 1854 -

Taxonomic Information

Parapoynx Hübner, [1825] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
 
Parapoynx affinialis Guenée, 1854. India.
Parapoynx andreusialis (Hampson, 1912). Nilgiris.
Parapoynx bilinealis (Snellen, 1876). Punjab
Parapoynx crisonalis (Walker, 1859). India; Sri Lanka.
Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880. India. 
Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852). India.
Parapoynx fusalis (Hampson, 1896). Naga Hills. 
Parapoynx fuscicostalis (Hampson, 1896). West Bengal.
Parapoynx gangeticalis Lederer, 1863. India?
Parapoynx leucostola (Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852). India.
Parapoynx votalis (Walker, 1859). West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Parapoynx villidalis (Walker, 1859). India; Sri Lanka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1111
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1112
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand3
West Bengal
Total15231213

Parapoynx affinialis Guenée, 1854: Polyphagous (Robinson et al. 2010). 

  1. OD: Paraponyx [sic] affinialis Guenée, 1854. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 270; TL: Inde centrale
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg 193,#4637 & 4638.
  3. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Parapoynx_Affinialis

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Parapoynx affinialis Guenée, 1854 – . 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/parapoynx-affinialis, accessed 2024/03/28.