Eudocima hypermnestra (Stoll, [1780])

Singh, Navneet, Ahmad, Jalil, Kaustubh, Kumar & Joshi, Rahul, 2019, New distributional records of Eudocima Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae) from Gangetic Plains (India), Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (3) : -

3. Eudocima hypermnestra (Stoll, [1780])

Phalaena hypermnestra Stoll, [1780] ; in Cramer, Uitl.Kapellen., 4(26b-28): 69

Material examined: India: Jharkhand, Dalma WLS, Pindrabera (22°53’37.18” N; 86°11’47.00” E; Alt.- 2114 ft.), 08.x.2015 – 01 ex. (Coll. - N. Singh and Party) .

Diagnostic feature: Forewing yellow-green with an oblique interrupted rufous line from apex to centre of the inner margin. Hind wing with two prominent black spots near anal angle. Male genitalia with a pair of thin juxta processes reaching almost the tip of uncus. Aedeagus vesica with a pair of tightly packed spines.

Distribution: Throughout India ( Hampson, 1894), Maharashtra ( Shubhalaxmi et al., 2011), Tamil Nadu ( Sivasankaran et al., 2017). Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, Thailand (Zhang. 1994).

Host Plant: Mangifera indica (Mango) , Cyclea peltata , Stephania japonica , Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy) , Citrus, Dimocarpus longan (Leechi) ( Zhang, 1994; Robinson et al., 2001).

Remarks: The species is recorded for the first time from Jharkhand and confirms first record from the state.