New Distributional Records of Eudocima Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae) from Gangetic Plains (India)

Authors

  • Navneet Singh
     Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Jalil Ahmad
     Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Kumar Kaustubh
     Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Patna – 800026, Bihar
  • Rahul Joshi
     Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Patna – 800026, Bihar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/141015

Keywords:

Bihar, Erebidae, Eudocima, Jharkhand, New Range Records, Taxonomy.

Abstract

Genus Eudocima Billberg is represented by 11 species from India. Four species viz., Eudocima homaena (Hübner), Eudocima hypermnestra (Stoll), Eudocima materna (Linnaeus) and Eudocima phalonia (Linneaus) are collected and studied for the first time from Bihar and Jharkhand. External genitalia of all the studied species has been illustrated and studied. A checklist of Indian species of Eudocima is provided.

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2019-08-06

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Singh, N., Ahmad, J., Kaustubh, K., & Joshi, R. (2019). New Distributional Records of <i>Eudocima</i> Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae) from Gangetic Plains (India). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(3), 238–245. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/141015

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Volume 119, Issue 3, 2019

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