Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Erebidae
Subfamily
Lymantriinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Genus
Calliteara Butler, 1881
Type Species
Dasychira argentata Butler, 1881
= Elkneria Börner, in Brohmer, 1932: 393 (TS: Phalaena pudibunda Linnaeus, 1758: 503)
Species/Subspecies
Calliteara horsfieldii Saunders, 1851 (Arctia)
Type Locality
Java
= Dasychira arga Moore, [1860] 1858–9: 339 (TL: Java)
= Dasychira longipennis Walker, 1862: 131 (TL: Sarawak)
= Lymantria inhonorata Hopffer, 1874: 44 (TL: Celebes)
= Dasychira horsfieldi queenslandica Strand, 1915: 293 (TL: kuranda)
Distribution
States/Union Territories
Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, North East