Bastilla simillima (Guenée, 1852) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Bastilla Swinhoe, 1918 species known from India.

Bastilla absentimacula (Guenée, 1852). Indian Subregion.

Bastilla acuta (Moore, 1883). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Himalayas.

Bastilla amygdalis (Moore, [1885]). Sri Lanka; Indian Subregion.

Bastilla analis (Guenée, 1852). Nepal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India.

Bastilla angularis (Boisduval, 1833). India.

Bastilla arcuata (Moore, 1877). Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India.

Bastilla arctotaenia (Guenée, 1852). Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India.

Bastilla axiniphora (Hampson, 1913). India.

Bastilla circumsignata (Guenée, 1852). India: NE. Himalayas.

Bastilla conficiens (Walker, 1858). India.

Bastilla crameri (Moore, [1885]). Sri Lanka; Indian Subregion.

Bastilla fulvotaenia (Guenée, 1852). Sri Lanka; Indian Subregion.

Bastilla joviana (Stoll, [1782]). India.

Bastilla maturata (Walker, 1858). India: NE. Himalayas.

Bastilla maturescens (Walker, 1858). Indian Subregion.

Bastilla praetermissa (Warren, 1913). India.

Bastilla simillima (Guenée, 1852). Sri Lanka; India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam11
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat111
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu2
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1122142
  1. OD: Ophiusa simillima Guenée, 1852. Noct. 3: 266. 
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 500 #2504 as Ophiusa simillima.
  3. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Pl. 34/23 as Dysgonia simillima.
  4. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Pl. 15/11.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/416653-Bastilla-simillima
  6. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=455727 [accessed 17 July 2020]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Bastilla simillima (Guenée, 1852) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/bastilla-simillima, accessed 2024/03/28.