Chadisra bipars Walker, 1862 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Chadisra Walker, 1862 known from India. 
Chadisra bipars Walker, 1862. India: Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Maharashtra; Myanmar; Nepal, 
Chadisra bipartita (Matsumura, 1925). India: NW India, NE India, Maharashtra; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Chadisra bipars -


Note: Both the species display polymorphism, and sexes are similar externally. Chadisra bipartita (Matsumura, 1925) is generally smaller and has paler whistish-grey hindwings. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
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
Karnataka
Kerala2
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1
Total1121
Chadisra bipars Walker, 1862: Bombax spp. (Bombacaceae), Helicteres isora, Microcos tomentosa? (Malvaceae), Xantolis tomentosa (Sapotaceae), Trema orientale (Cannabaceae), Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. Chadisra bipars Walker, 1862. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 82; TL: Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen31186264roya#page/n123/mode/1up
  2. Moore, F. 1882-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 2. Pg 113, pl. 121/1.
  3. Metasomera plagifera Matsumura, 1925. Zool. Mag. Tokyo 37: 396, pl. 6, f. 2; TL: Taiwan.
  4. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg 159, # 282. 
  5. Schintlmeister, A., & A. Pinratana. 2007. Moths of Thailand,Volume 5. Notodontidae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 320 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 191, Pl. 29/213. 
  6. Chandra, K., Mazumder, A., Sanyal, A.K., Ash, A., Bandyopadhyay, U., Mallick, K. & A. Raha, A., 2018. Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 4505 (1).
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/626760-Chadisra-bipars

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Chadisra bipars 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/chadisra-bipars, accessed 2024/04/19.