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


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1 Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India
2 Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Patna – 800026, Bihar, India
 

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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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Bihar, Erebidae, Eudocima, Jharkhand, New Range Records, Taxonomy.
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  • New Distributional Records of Eudocima Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae) from Gangetic Plains (India)

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Authors

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

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.

Keywords


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

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv119%2Fi3%2F2019%2F141015