Taxonomic Information
Digama Moore, [1860] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Digama burmana Hampson, [1893]. Myanmar.
Digama marchalii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843). India (Maharshtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala).
Digama fasciata Butler, 1877. India: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
Digama hearseyana Moore, 1858. India: Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
Digama insulana Felder, 1868. India: Uttarakhand (TL: Bhimtal), "Nilgiris", Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
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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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Digama hearseyana Moore, 1859 : Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae),Carissa carandas, Carissa spinarum (Apocynaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Digama hearseyana Moore, 1858. In: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2: 298, pl. 7a, f. 3a. Text at https://archive.org/stream/catalogueoflepid02east#page/298/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/catalogueoflepid02east#page/n218/mode/1up. TL: Canara, Ceylon, N. India.
- Digama similis Moore, 1878. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878: 5; TL: NW. Himalaya. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen78zool#page/5/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. 505, #1155.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 17/3.
Reverted back to genus as Digama from Sommeria on 14 July 2021 based on http://www.aganainae.nl. [accessed 14 July 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Digama hearseyana Moore, [1859] – . 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/digama-hearseyana, accessed 2025/04/24.