Taxonomic Information
Callopistria Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878. India: Sikkim, Nilgiris.
Callopistria albistrigoides Poole, 1989. Sri Lanka.
Callopistria callopistrioides (Moore, 1881). India: Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Callopistria chlorocroa (Hampson, 1908). NE Himalaya.
Callopistria coelisigna Hampson, 1902. Sri Lanka.
Callopistria duplicans Walker, [1858]. India: Sikkim, Assam, Maharashtra. (Mumbai); Myanmar.
Callopistria exotica (Guenée, 1852). NE Himalaya.
Callopistria guttulalis Hampson, 1896 Sri Lanka; India.
Callopistria indica (Butler, 1891). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Assam, Maharashtra. (Mumbai).
Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827). India: Himachal Pradesh; “ Nilgiris”, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
Callopistria leucobasis (Hampson, 1908). India: Assam; Sri Lanka.
Callopistria maillardi maillardi (Guenée, 1862). India-Australian tropics.
Callopistria nivetacta (Warren, 1912). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Callopistria nephrostictoides Berio, 1973. Myanmar.
Callopistria minor Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris; Nepal.
Callopistria minuta Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Callopistria placodoides (Guenée, 1852). India-Australian tropics.
Callopistria phaeogona (Hampson, 1908). India: Arunachal Pradesh?.
Callopistria pulchrilinea (Walker, 1862). India; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Callopistria rectisecta (Warren, 1912). India: Assam
Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858]. India.
Callopistria rivularis Walker, [1858]. India-Australian tropics.
Callopsitria strigilineata Hampson, 1894. India: Sikkim.
Callopistria thalpophiloides thalpophiloides (Walker, 1862)
Callopistria variegata (Swinhoe, 1895). India: Meghalaya.
Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884. India: Tamil Nadu (Madras); Sri Lanka.
Mosara apicalis Walker, 1855, placed by Holloway in Callopistria, was suggested as possibly retained as Mosara, placed in the subfamily Aediinae by Yen & Wu (2009).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Callopistria pulchrilinea -
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Numerous similar extralimital species mentioned in Yen & Wu. 2009.
Callopistria juventina (Stoll, [1782]) is an extralimital species.
Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878 is another similar species but the shape of the double-lined post-medial is quite different.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/714866-Callopistria-aethiops
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| Total | 2 | 2 |
- Obana pulchrilinea Walker, 1862. Journal of the proceedings of the Linnean Society, pg. 190. Type locality: Borneo, Sarawak. Type in OXUM. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed06linn/page/190/mode/1up?view=theater
- Eriopus reticulata Pagenstecher, 1884: 226, pl. 6, fig. 7. Type locality: Indonesia, Amboina. Type in MWNH.
- Eriopus reticulata var. duda Strand, 1921: 155. Type locality: Franceville. Type in NHM.
- Eriopus pulchrilinea; Hampson, 1908. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 542, f. 120. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/542/mode/1up?view=theater. Yen & Wu. 2009 state that this description by Hampson (1908) of pulchrilinea is actually that of alfredi, The true pulchrilinea as described by Hampson (1908) is Eriopus reticulata at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/558/mode/1up?view=theater
- Yen, S-H. & S. Wu. 2009. Hexapoda: Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Eriopinae) Biota Taiwanica : 3-88. Pg. 47, Fig. 9H.
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Callopistria_reticulata_En#Diagnosis
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_22_24.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/701625-Callopistria-pulchrilinea
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Callopistria pulchrilinea (Walker, 1862) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/Callopistria-pulchrilinea, accessed 2024/04/27.