1Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Zoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Helwan-11795, Egypt
Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh -202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail: afaqamuzoo@gmail.com (Afaq Ahmad Dar)
**Present address: Department of Biology, Turabah University College, Taif University, B.O. Box 11099, Taif-21944, Saudi Arabia
Online published on 20 October, 2021.
This checklist presents moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Rajasthan, India. An extensive collection survey was carried out to report the moth fauna of Sariska Tiger Reserve (Protected area) Alwar, Rajasthan from May to November, 2019. During the survey, 16 species were recorded comprising of 15 genera, belonging to 5 families. In the present study, 12 species namely Eudocima materna, Eudocima phalonia, Dysgonia stuposa, Euproctis divisia, Achaea janata, Acherontia styx, Daphnis nerii, Hippotion rosetta, Agrius convolvuli, Nephele hespera, Theretra silthensis, Saturnia cidosa were reported for the first time from the state. In addition, these collected 16 species were first time records from Sariska Tiger Reserve of Rajasthan. After the present study, moth fauna of Rajasthan amounts till date to 79 species belonging to 63 genera and 12 families.
Checklist, India, Lepidoptera, Moth fauna, New records, Rajasthan
