Dipterygina indica (Moore, 1867) -

Taxonomic Information

Dipterygina Sugi, 1954 species known from the Indian subcontinent:

Dipterygina multistriata (Warren, 1912) (Dipterygia). India: Sikkim; Nepal. 

Dipterygina indica (Moore, 1867) (Dipterygia). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL), Meghalaya (Garo Hills), Nilgiris; Nepal. 
Dypterygia cristifera Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka (TL). 
Dypterygia nicea (Swinhoe, 1901) (Xanthoptera). India (Andaman Is.).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Dipterygina indica -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
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Daman & Diu
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Kerala
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Manipur
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Paschimbanga
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Uttarakhand
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Dipterygina indica (Moore, 1867): Callicarpa macrophylla (Lamiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)

  1. OD: Dipterygia indica Moore, 1867. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 51; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/51/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Dipterygia nocturna Hampson, 1891; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 15, 78, pl. 145, f. 19; TL: Nilgiri. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/78/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/n166/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Dipterygia nocturna; 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 235, #1800.
  4. Dipterygia indica; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 69, pl. 109, f. 15. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/69/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid410brit/page/n258/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/64/mode/1up?view=theater for key to Dipterygia species.
  5. Dipterygia indica; Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1912. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 11, pg. 122 & fig 15g. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/132/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/535/mode/1up
  6. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 62/35.
  7. 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. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 44/20-21. For tribal placement. 
  8. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/322299-Dipterygina-indica
 
 
 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Dipterygina indica (Moore, 1867) – . 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/dipterygina-indica, accessed 2024/03/28.