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.
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Other members of the subgenus Nyctria, represented in India by L. mathura (throughout the Himalaya and NE India) and by L. grandis (South India and Sri. Lanka). A similiar species L. murzini also occurs in N. Myanmar (Schintlmeister, 2004).
List of Lymantria Hübner, [1819] species in India based on Schintlmeister, 2004 and Pogue, 2007
South and West India and Sri Lanka.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Lymantria mathura Moore, [1866] – Rosy Gypsy Moth: Lagerstroemia parviflora (Lythraceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae),Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae), Quercus serrata (Fagaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae), Terminalia arjuna, Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia myriocarpa, Terminalia tomentosa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010), Quercus griffithii (Fagaceae) (Singh 2021 in Sondhi et al. 2021).
- pl 5:2.
- Text (Pg 127), Map fg.529 (pg.129), plates male fg. 537-539, (pg.133), plates female fg. 560-561, (pg.135).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lymantria mathura Moore, [1866] – Rosy Gypsy Moth. 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/lymantria-mathura, accessed 2025/04/24.