Lymantria serva (Fabricius, 1793) -

Taxonomic Information

Lymantria Hübner, [1819] species known from the Indian subcontinent based on Schintlmeister, 2004 and Pogue, 2007
South and West India and Sri Lanka.
Lymantria detersa Walker, 1865. India:S. & W. India. 
Lymantria costalis Walker, 1865. Sri Lanka; “India”. 
Lymantria fuliginosa Moore, 1883. W. & S. India; Sri Lanka. 
Lymantria todara Moore, 1879. S. India; Sri Lanka. Sister species of L. similis. 
Lymantria grandis Walker, 1855. India: S India; Sri Lanka
Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855). India: S. India; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka. 
Lymantria aryama Moore, 1859. India: S. India; Nepal.
Lymantria subrosea subrosea Swinhoe, 1903. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Lymantria nussi Schintlmeister, 2004. S. India.
Lymantria kanara Collenette, 1951. S. India.
Lymantria vinacea Moore, 1879. S. India.
 
NW Himalaya & Nepal 
Lymantria incerta Walker, 1855. NW India. 
Lymantria obfuscata Walker, 1865. NW India. 
Lymantria moesta Swinhoe, 1903 NW India; Nepal. 
Lymantra serva Fabricius, 1793. NW. India; Nepal. 
Lymantria sobrina sobrina Moore, 1879. NW India.
Lymantria maxfischeri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria liedgensi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Uttarakhand.
Lymantria schnitzleri Schintlmeister, 2004. Nepal.
Lymantria semicincta (Walker, 1855). India: NW. Himalaya.
 
E. Himalaya 
Lymantria obsoleta obsoleta Walker, 1855. NE India. 
Lymantria plumbalis Hampson, 1895. TL: Myanmar; India: Nagaland. 
Lymantria similis Moore, 1879. Bhutan; NE India. 
Lymantria bivittata bivittata Moore, 1879. India: C. & E. Himalaya, NE India, Andamans.
Lymantria brotea lepcha Moore, 1879. India: E. Himalaya. 
Lymantria lepcha Moore, 1879 treated as a separate species on the website. 
Lymantria iris Strand, 1911, formerly ssp of obsoleta. NE India (Meghalaya)
Lymantria grisea grisea Moore, 1879. India: NE India.
Lymantria subrosea singapura Schintlmeister, 2004.India:  NE India. 

Himalaya
Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855. India: Himalaya, NE India; Bangladesh. 
Lymantria concolor concolor Walker, 1855. India: N. India; Bangladesh.
Lymantria mathura Moore, 1866. India: Himalaya, NE India.
Lymantria albolunulata Moore, 1879. India: Himalaya.

Andamans only
Lymantria grigorievi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria brotea rudloffi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria swetlanae Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria siniaevi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Andamans.
Lymantria sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister, 2004. India: Sikkim, Andamans.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Lymantria serva -

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh131
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Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya12
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
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Lymantria serva (Fabricius, 1793): Ficus benghalensis, Ficus religiosa (Moraceae),Lagerstroemia parviflora (Lythraceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae),Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia tomentosa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo pl 106/12-13.
  2. Pogue, M. G & P. W. Schaefer. 2007. A review of selected species of Lymantria Hübner (1819) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae) from subtropical and temperate regions of Asia, including the descriptions of three new species, some potentially invasive to North America. Available as Pdf pg 131, Pl 4/16; Pl 5/6,
  3. Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). 1- 248. Quadrifina 7.  Pdf text pg. 151 figs. 664-670 (pg. 171) map fg.655 (pg.153)

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Lymantria serva (Fabricius, 1793) – . 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/lymantria-serva, accessed 2025/03/18.