Taxonomic Information
Westermannia Hübner, [1821] species known from India.
Westermannia argentea Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andamans; Sri Lanka.
Westermannia elliptica Bryk, 1913. India: Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823. India: Mizoram, Maharashtra, West & South India, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andaman & Nicobar Isl.; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Westermannia triangularis Moore, 1877. India: Sikkim, Assam, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andaman & Nicobar Is.; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
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| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823: Anogeissus leiocarpa, Terminalia myriocarpa, Terminalia tomentosa (Combretaceae)(Robinson et al. 2010).
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal. pl.43,fg.7
- Bhimtal (1,500 m)
- Wikipedia contributors. Westermannia superba [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Jan 16, 09:28 UTC [cited 2015 Oct 29]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westermannia_superba&oldid=642739760.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823 – . 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/westermannia-superba, accessed 2024/04/25.