Taxonomic Information
The Genus Parotis Hübner, 1831 is a species complex with at least 38 species known globally (http://globiz.pyraloidea.org) [accessed 27 October 2018] . Species identities can be confirmed with certainty only by dissecting genitalia and/or bar coding.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| 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 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
Parotis marginata (Hampson, 1893): Haldina cordifolia (Rubiaceae), Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae), Bombax ceiba (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Cenocnemis marginata Hampson, 1893. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 169, pl. 173, f. 23. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/169/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n226/mode/1up?view=theater
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713 [accessed 30 October 2021]
- Irungbam, J. S., M. S. Chib, & K. Wangdi. (2016). Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan. (Lepidoptera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (2016) 355-382.Figure 10/H.
- http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/495522-Parotis-marginata
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parotis_marginata
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/marginata.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Parotis marginata complex (Hampson, 1893) – . 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/parotis-marginata-complex, accessed 2025/04/25.