Taxonomic Information
Similiar species:Comibaena nepalensis Yazaka, 2000. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 2000. Moths of Nepal. Part 6. TINEA. Vol. 16 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 9, Pl. 162/1.
Han et al. (2012) state that validity of C. nepalensis, which is very similar externally to C. pictipennis, need to be re-examined.
Comibaena Hübner, [1823] species known from India.
Comibaena attenuata (Warren, 1896). Himalayas.
Comibaena albimarginata (Warren, 1893). Sikkim
Comibaena apicipicta Prout, 1912. Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Tibet.
Comibaena biplaga Walker, 1861. South India, NE Himalaya.
Comibaena cassidara (Guenée, 1858). India.
Comibaenini cenocraspis Prout, 1926. India; Myanmar.
Comibaena chalybeata Moore, 1868. Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Comibaena delineata (Warren, 1893). Sikkim
Comibaena fuscidorsata Prout,1912. Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram.
Comibaena integranota Hampson, 1893. Khasis, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka (Kelani Valley).
Comibaena nepalensis Yazaki, 2000. Sikkim, Dalapchand; Nepal (Godavari).
Comibaena pictipennis Bulter, 1880. Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Comibaena quadrinotata Butler, 1889. Kangra District, Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Comibaena subhyalina (Warren, 1899). North India.
Comibaena striataria Leech, 1897. S. & W. India. Needs confirmation.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Comibaena pictipennis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- Han, H. , A. C. Galsworthy & D. Xue (2012). The Comibaenini of China (Geometridae: Geometrinae), with a review of the tribe. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 165, Issue 4, Pg. 723–772, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00826.x
- Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg 496, # 4073 as Geometra pictipennis.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 4/16.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Comibaena pictipennis Butler, 1880 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.60. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/comibaena-pictipennis, accessed 2023/09/28.