Taxonomic Information
Pseudarbudas Tarmann, 1992 species known from India.
Pseudarbudas ochrea (Elwes, 1890). India" Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh.
Pseudarbudas efetovi Tarmann, 2012. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Pseudarbudas ochrea (Elwes, 1890) is provisionally identified as these species are best separated by examining genitalia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species
Pseudarbudas efetovi Tarmann, 2012
Tarmann, G.M., 2012: Two new species of Chalcosiinae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 32 (3-4): 125–129.
Pseudarbudas efetovi Tarmann, 2012. TL: Khasia Hills, India, FWL-14 mm, externally simalar to ochrea, but larger. Best separated by genitalia. Exp: 28 mm
Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. native collector.
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Cyclosia ochrea Elwes, 1890. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 385. TL: Assam, Naga Hills
- Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97224#page/507/mode/1up. Exp:24-26 mm
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. pg. 5, Image 14. See notes here for separation from P. efetovi.
- Sondhi, S. 2024. Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust, India, xii+280 pp. Pl. 109/1.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pseudarbudas ochrea (Elwes, 1890) – . 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/pseudarbudas-ochrea, accessed 2025/04/23.