Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859] -

Taxonomic Information

Dichromia Guenée, 1854 species known from India. 
Dichromia cognata (Moore, 1885). Sri Lanka; India. 
Dichromia indicatalis (Walker, [1859]). India. 
Dichromia laesalis (Walker, [1859]). India. 
Dichromia occatus (Moore, 1882). Sri Lanka; India: Cherrapunji, Khasia Hills, Meghalaya. 
Dichromia opulenta (Christoph, 1877). Pakistan. 
Dichromia orosia Meyrick, 1913. Sri Lanka. 
Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885. Sri Lanka; India. 
Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]. India: North Hinudstan, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Andamans, Nicobar. 
Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775). India. 
Dichromia thermesialis (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka; India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Dichromia triangularis (Moore, 1882). Myanmar; India: Khasia Hills, Meghalaya. 
Dichromia trigonalis Guenée, 1854. India. 
Dichromia triplicalis Walker, [1859]. India: South India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim11
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11212
West Bengal1
Total122222221

Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]:  Boehmeria sp. (Urticaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 14; TL: N.Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1618brit#page/14/mode/1up
  2.  Dichromia mollis Swinhoe, 1891; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (4): 481; TL: Khasia Hills.
  3. 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. Pg. 42. 
  4. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pl. 2/9-10 as Hypena quadralis. 
  5. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/hypeninae/hypeninae_5_1.php [accessed 25 December 2018]

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859] – . 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/dichromia-quadralis, accessed 2024/03/29.