Taxonomic Information
Docirava Walker, [1863] species known from India.
Docirava affinis (Warren, 1894). India: NW Himalayas, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal (Sondhi et al. 2021).
Docirava aequilineata Walker, [1863]. NW Himalaya.
Docirava fulgurata (Guenée, [1858]). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim.
Docirava postochrea (Hampson, 1895). India: Kulu, 9000ft. Himachal Pradesh.
Docirava pudicata (Guenée, [1858]). India: NW Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Docirava vastata (Walker, 1866). India: NW Himalayas, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling) is now treated as a synonym of Docirava pudicata (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepindex/Forum Herbulot).
Note: Docirava affinis (Warren, 1894) is provisionally identified, and further investigation needs to be done on the status of D. pudicata, D. vastata and D. affinis.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Docirava pudicata with Docirava vastata (Walker, 1866) as its synonym.
Lepindex and the Forum Herbulot mentions vastata as a junior synonym of pudicata, while affinis is a valid species.
Anaitis vastata Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1700; TL: Darjeeling
https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso35brit#page/1700/mode/1up
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- OD: Docirava affinis Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 398; TL: C.China; Japan
- Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi01lond#page/398/mode/1up. Text mentions this may be a form of Docirava vastata from India.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro Lep. World, Vol. 12, Pl. 34 d.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 68/1.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572.Image 425.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=467926
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Docirava affinis Warren, 1894 – . 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/Docirava-affinis, accessed 2024/05/01.