Callopistria thalpophiloides (Walker, 1862) -

Subspecies in India

Callopistria thalpophiloides thalpophiloides (Walker, 1862). S. India, Andaman Is; Sri Lanka.
Callopistria thalpophiloides major (Warren, 1913). Papua New Guinea. 

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Callopistria thalpophiloides -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Data thalpophiloides Walker, 1862. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 192; TL: Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed06linn/page/192/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Thalpophila cuprea Moore, 1877. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 604, pl. 59, f. 10; TL: Andaman Islands. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen772zool/page/604/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen772zool/page/n260/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Thalpophila callopistrioides Moore, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 344. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759493#page/446/mode/1up
  4. Thalpophila delineata Moore, 1884. Lepid. Ceylon 3 (1): 25, pl. 146, f. 5; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey03moor/page/n46/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey03moor/page/n606/mode/1up?view=theater
  5. Data thalpophiloides; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 529, f. 111. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33285354#page/551/mode/1up
  6. Holloway, J. D. 1989. The moths of Borneo (part 12); Family Noctuidae: Subfamilies Noctuinae, Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae. Malayan Nature Journal 43: 57-226. Pg. 161, Pl. 5/6
  7. Yen, S-H. & S. Wu. 2009. Hexapoda: Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Eriopinae), Biota Taiwanica : 3-88. Pg. 56. 
  8. 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. Bangkok, Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand. 625 pp., 55 pls.Pl. 42/3-4. 
  9. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_22_6.php
  10. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1284396-Data-callopistrioides
  11. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Data_thalpophiloides_En

Note: Numerous websites and older literature place this species in the genus Data, rather than Callopistria. However, we could find no recent published literature to support this and we follow Yen & Wu (2009) and Kononenko & Pinratana (2013) in continuing to place this in Callopistria. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Callopistria thalpophiloides (Walker, 1862) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.50. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/Callopistria-thalpophiloides, accessed 2023/05/30.