Amerila spp. Walker, 1855 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Amerila Walker, 1855 species known from India. 
Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773), India (West Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Throughout India, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Kerala). 
Amerila eugenia (Fabricius, 1794), India (Central and South India, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh). 
Amerila omissa (Rothschild, 1910), India (NW Himalayas, Assam, Meghalaya, NE Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh). 
Amerila rhodopa Walker, 1864, India (Sikkim, Nagaland, Southern India, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka).

Abdomen colour is needed to separate some of these genera. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka11
Kerala11
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh11
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total12211111
Amerila spp.: Coffea spp., Ixora spp. (Rubiaceae), Smilax spp. (Smilacaceae), Marsdenia spp., Beaumontia spp. (Apocynaceae), Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae), Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae), Croton spp. (Euphorbiaceae), Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), Solanum spp. (Solanaceae), Trema orientale (Cannabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Amerila spp. Walker, 1855 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.83. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/amerila-spp, accessed 2025/03/18.