The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has completed the first detailed Catalogue of Lepidoptera in India.
As per the catalogue, India hosts 13,703 species of Lepidoptera across 3,705 genera, which includes 1,417 species of butterflies and 12,286 species of moths. The project also includes a dedicated catalogue for the moth superfamily Geometroidea, identifying 2,205 species within the country.
This catalogue comprises 22 volumes and provides an updated taxonomic inventory of butterflies and moths. The final volume was authored by ZSI taxonomists Rahul Joshi and Navneet Singh and published in the international journal Zootaxa.