Squamosa ocellata (Moore, 1879) -

Taxonomic Information

Squamosa Bethune-Baker, 1908 species known from India.
Squamosa chalcites Orhant, 2000. India: Aruanchal Pradesh; Myanmar.
Squamosa ocellata (Moore, 1879). Nepal; Myanmar; Bhutan; India: West Bengal (Darjeeling),Meghalaya (Khasis), Sikkim.
Squamosa wungchanngamii Irungbam, Ahmed, N. Singh and Solovyev, 2022. India: Manipur. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Squamosa ocellata -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh5
Assam
Bihar
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
Meghalaya3
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total53
  1. 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 382, # 843 as Natada ocellata.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal pl 82/3.
  3. Irungbam, J.S., Ahmad, J., Singh, N. and Solovyev, A.V., 2022. Two new species and three new record species of family Limacodidae from northeast India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 25(3), p.101928.

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Squamosa ocellata (Moore, 1879) – . 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/squamosa-ocellata, accessed 2025/04/23.