Taxonomic Information
Similar extralimital species
Ovipennis nangwak (Volynkin & Černý, 2017). N. Thailand.
Ovipennis rawanga (Volynkin & Černý, 2017). N. Myanmar.
These are best separated from O. incompletostriga by examining specimens and genitalia.
Similar Indian species
Rubrindiania cardinalis (Hampson, 1900). Black stripe reaches forewing margin.
Ovipennis anomala (Elwes, 1890). Has blackened veins on forewing.
List of Ovipennis Hampson, 1900 known from India.
Ovipennis dudgeoni (Elwes, 1890), India (West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh).
Ovipennis insolita (Volynkin, Černý, Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2019), India (NE India, North of West Bengal, Sikkim).
Similar Indian species
Rubrindiania cardinalis (Hampson, 1900). Black stripe reaches forewing margin.
Ovipennis anomala (Elwes, 1890). Has blackened veins on forewing.
List of Ovipennis Hampson, 1900 known from India.
Ovipennis dudgeoni (Elwes, 1890), India (West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh).
Ovipennis insolita (Volynkin, Černý, Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2019), India (NE India, North of West Bengal, Sikkim).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ovipennis incompletostriga -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
- Volynkin, A.V. & Černý, K., 2017. Revision of the Barsine cardinalis-anomala 'species-complex' (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4358(3), pp. 441-461.
- Volynkin, A. V., Huang, S-Y. & Ivanova, M. S. 2019. An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex. Ecologica Montenegrina 26 (2019): pp. 14-92.
Incorrectly identified as Rubrindiania cardinalis (Hampson, 1900). Corrected to Ovipennis incompletostriga Volynkin & Černý, 2017 on 30 October 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Ovipennis incompletostriga Volynkin & Černý, 2017 – . 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/ovipennis-incompletostriga, accessed 2023/06/04.