Taxonomic Information
List of Aroa spp. Walker, 1855 species known from India.
Aroa atrella Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim, Assam.
Aroa atrescens Hampson, 1897. India: Khasia Hills, Meghalaya. Aroa kambaiti Collenette, 1960. Myanmar.
Aroa clara Swinhoe, 1885.India: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Aroa kambaiti Collenette, 1960. Myanmar.
Aroa luteifascia (Hampson, 1895). Myanmar.
Aroa major Hampson, [1893]. Sri Lanka.
Aroa maxima Hampson, [1893]. Sri Lanka.
Aroa nepalensis Daniel, 1961. Nepal.
Aroa ochrota (Hampson, 1904). India: Kerala.
Aroa plana (Walker, 1855).India: Northern India.
Aroa pyrrhochroma Walker, 1865. Bhutan; India: Sikkim.
Aroa sienna Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Aroa simplex (Walker, 1865). India: Southern India.
Aroa subnotata (Walker, 1855). Sri Lanka.
Aroa xerampelina (Swinhoe, 1885). Pune.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD:Aroa clara Swinhoe, 1885. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pg. 299, #89 & Pl. 20, fig 9 & 10. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/299/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015342#page/354/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. 439. Listed as a synonym of Aroa pyrrhochroma. States that the Bombay form clara is small, and female completely orange.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1933. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 10, pg. 303. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252062#page/324/mode/1up
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Aroa clara Swinhoe, 1885 – . 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/aroa-clara, accessed 2025/04/24.