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A catalogue of Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) from India
P R Shashank1, Rahul Joshi2, Gerhard M Tarmann3
1National Pusa Collection; Division of Entomology; ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute; New Delhi; 110012; India. spathour@gmail.com.
Abstract:
A catalogue of the Indian species of the family Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809, is presented. The documented fauna consists of 153 species belonging to 58 genera from five subfamilies, viz. Inouelinae (one species), Zygaeninae (two species), Callizygaeninae (two species), Chalcosiinae (91 species), and Procridinae (57 species). The catalogue is based primarily on literature in which Indian zygaenid species have been described or mentioned. For each species the type locality, geographic distribution (within and outside of India), known larval host-plants, and references to illustrations are provided. This is the first comprehensive work of such kind from the Indian region after Fletcher (1925).
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