23. Estigena pardale pardale (Walker, 1855b: 1453) (Megasoma)

= Gastropacha abstracta Walker, 1865: 551

= Labeda scriptiplaga Walker, 1865: 569

TL: [West Bengal], Darjeeling.

TD: holotype, male, NHMUK.

Distribution in India: West Bengal (Sevastopulo 1956); throughout India, Nagaland (Nagas), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Andamans) (Chandra et al. 2018a, Hampson 1892 as Estigena pardalis); Punjab, Maharashtra (Mitra et al. 2019, Gurule & Nikam 2013); Punjab (Singh et al. 2019), Semi-arid zone (Chandra et al. 2021); Jharkhand (Singh & Ahmad 2017). Global records: Pakistan, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra (Hauenstein et al. 2011).

Remarks: Estigena pardale sinensis (Tams, 1935: 50) from South China, Thailand and Estigena pardale formosana (Tams, 1935: 51) from Formosa (Taiwan) are also known. Further, type locality for pardale was cited as Java by Zolotuhin & Pinratana (2005).

Moreover, the two subspecies mentioned below need further study and can be raised to species rank in future like koniensis Tams.