Taxonomic Information
Dalima Moore, [1868] species known from India.
Dalima apicata Moore, [1868]. India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland.
Dalima calamina (Butler, 1880). India:West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Dalima gigantea Swinhoe, 1897. India: Meghalaya (Jaintia Hills), North India.
Dalima intricata Warren, 1893. Bhutan; India: Meghalaya (Khasis), Arunachal Pradesh.
Dalima latitans (Warren, 1893). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Himalaya.
Dalima lucens (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Dalima metachromata (Walker, 1862). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal. Previously placed in Erebabraxas.
Dalima nubilata Hampson, 1895. India: Nagas, 6000ft, Nagaland.
Dalima patularia (Walker, 1860). India: North India; Nepal.
Dalima schistacearia Moore, 1868. India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Dalima spontaneata (Walker, 1862). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh. Previously placed in Heterobraxas.
Dalima truncataria (Moore, [1868]). India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland.
Dalima vulpinaria (Moore, [1888]). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Abraxas spontaneata Walker, 1862. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 24: 1120; TL: North Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2224brit/page/1120/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. pg. 298, # 3513 as Abraxas spontaneata.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 8/23.
- Stüning, D. 2000. Additional notes on the Ennominae of Nepal with descriptions of eight new species (Geometridae), pp. 94-152. In: Moths of Nepal, Part 6. Tinea 16(Supplement 1). Tokyo, The Japan Heterocerists’ Society. For transfer from Heterabraxas to Dalima.
Note: Transferred from Heterabraxas to Dalima based on Stüning (2000). Changed generic placement on MOI on 3rd Feb 2022 (SS). Generic placement confirmed from the Forum Herbulot.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Dalima spontaneata (Walker, 1862) – . 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/dalima-spontaneata, accessed 2025/04/23.