Index of Common Names Indian Butterflies
Skippers and Caterpillars
 Indian Butterflies - Gallery 8
Moths		 Caterpillars

Thanks to Roger Kendrick for many of the identifications on this page.

Family Saturniidae: Emperor Moths
Atlas Moth
Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas
Bangalore
Family Sphingidae: Hawk-Moths
Oleander Hawk-Moth Death's Head Hawk-Moth Bee Hawk-Moth
Oleander Hawk-Moth
Daphnis nerii
Bangalore		 Death's Head Hawk-Moth
Acherontia styx
Delhi		 Bee Hawk-Moth
Cephanodes hylas
Delhi
Theretra silhetensis
Theretra silhetensis
Bangalore
Family Geometridae: Geometrid Moths
Inchworm Moth Banded Geometer ?
Inchworm Moth
Hyposidra talaca
Lucknow		 Banded Geometer
Chiasmia nora
Bangalore		 ?
Shimla
Family Eupterotidae: Monkey Moths Family Uraniidae: Uranid Moths
? ? Pseudomicronia caelata
Bangalore Micronia ?
Bangalore		 Pseudomicronia caelata
Bangalore
Family Noctuidae: Noctuid Moths
Owlet Moth Grammodes geometrica A Dysgonia moth
Owlet Moth
Spirama retorta
Bangalore		 Grammodes geometrica
Shimla		 Genus Dysgonia
Delhi
Thysanoplusia orichalcea Othreis fullonia Achaea janata
Slender Burnished Brass
Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Delhi		 Othreis fullonia
Mysore		 Achaea janata
Aligarh
Spodoptera litura
Spodoptera litura
Delhi
Family Arctiidae: Handmaiden, Footmen, Ermine and Tiger Moths
? ? Utetheisa lotrix
Handmaiden Moth
Amata bicincta?
Delhi
Amata ?
Mysore		 Utetheisa lotrix
Delhi
Family Crambidae
? ? Spoladea recurvalis
?
Bangalore		 Cucumber Moth
Diaphania indica
Delhi		 Beet Webworm Moth
Spoladea recurvalis
Aligarh
Miscellaneous
Unidentified Moth Unidentified Moth Unidentified Moth
?
Bangalore		 ?
Mysore		 ?
Aligarh

Amber Habib
Last modified: January 31 2006