Pida calligramma (Walker, 1865) -

Taxonomic Information

Pida Walker, 1865 species known from India.
Pida albostriata (Hampson, [1893]). India: Manipur, Nagaland.
Pida apicalis Walker, 1865. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Pida calligramma (Walker, 1865). Nepal; India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Pida patrana (Moore, 1859). Bhutan; India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.

 Transferred Ramadra calligramma (Walker, 1865) to Pida calligramma (Walker, 1865) based on Wang et a. (2015). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Pida calligramma -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1
Total112
  1. Mardara calligramma Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 402. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/402/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal, pl.55:5
  3. Wang, H., Wahlberg, N., Holloway, J.D., Bergsten, J., Fan, X., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Wen, L., Wang, M. and Nylin, S., 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions. Cladistics, 31(6), pp.579-592. Transferred Ramadra calligramma (Walker, 1865) to Pida calligramma (Walker, 1865). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Pida calligramma (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/pida-calligramma, accessed 2024/10/05.