Taxonomic Information
Numerous species re-classified from Parasa to Aergina by Solovyev (2014).
Aergina Solovyev, 2014 species known from India.
Aergina hilaris (Westwood, 1848). Indian subcontinent.
Aergina laeta (Westwood, 1848). Sri Lanka.
Aergina retracta (Walker, 1865). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Aergina fumosa (Swinhoe, 1889). S. India.
Aergina mirza (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar.
Aergina paeera (Hampson, 1897). Sri Lanka.
Aergina liharis (Rose, 2004). India: Punjab.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Parasa fumosa Swinhoe, 1889. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. , 1899: 408, Pl. 43/12. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96894#page/530/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 390, # 871. Description provided by Hampson is actually that of Parasa fumosa and not Parasa herbifera.
- Dudgeon, G. C., H. J. Elwes, & G. F. Hampson. 1900. A Catalogue of the Heterocera of Sikkim and Bhutan. Part VIII. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. v.13:258 - 269 Plate III. Pg. 263 for Parasa herbifera.
- Solovyev A. V. 2014, Parasa Moore auct.: phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Proc. Mus. Witt Munich 1. Munich– Vilnius, 240 p. Re-classified genus as Aergina.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Aergina fumosa (Swinhoe, 1889) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/aergina-fumosa, accessed 2025/04/24.