Taxonomic Information
Hypsopygia Hübner, 1825 species known from the Indian subcontinent (Singh et al. 2022)
Hypsopygia albidalis (Walker, 1866). India: Maharashtra (Pune).
Hypsopygia albolinealis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Hypsopygia atomosalis (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL).
Hypsopygia aurocilialis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Hypsopygia bractealis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka (TL).
Hypsopygia flammealis (Hampson, 1906). India: Karnataka (Bellary), Tamil Nadu (Chennai) (TL).
Hypsopygia fuscalis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Hypsopygia igniflualis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka (TL).
Hypsopygia ignefimbrialis (Hampson, 1906. India?
Hypsopygia marthalis (Walker, 1859). S. India: Kerala, Karnataka.
Hypsopygia medialis (Hampson, 1903). India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (TL).
Hypsopygia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863). India: NE India; Myanmar.
Hypsopygia nonusalis (Walker, 1859). India: Himachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833). India; Nepal; Bhutan.
Hypsopygia ochreicilia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Hypsopygia pellucidalis (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypsopygia postflava (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka (TL).
Hypsopygia purpureorufa (Hampson, 1917). India: Karnataka (Belgaum), Tamil Nadu (Chennai: TL).
Hypsopygia pernigralis (Ragonot, 1891). India: Bihar, West Bengal, Nilgiris; Nepal.
Hypsopygia regina (Butler, 1879). Myanmar.
Hypsopygia sericea Warren, 1891. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal (TL).
Hypsopygia subolivescens (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL).
Hypsopygia subviridescens (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL).
Hypsopygia suffusalis (Walker, 1866). N. India.
Based on Hampson (1896) and Nuss et al. (2022) at http://globiz.pyraloidea.org.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
- Singh, N. , R. Ranjan, A. Talukdar, R. Joshi, J. S. Kirti, K. Chandra & R. Mally. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5197 (1): 001–423. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Hypsopygia spp. Hübner, 1825 – . 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/hypsopygia-spp, accessed 2023/05/31.