Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787) -

Taxonomic Information

Eight species of Hypopyra Guenee, 1852 are known from India. They are very variable, and are best identified by upperside and underside details. 

Hypopyra burmanica (Hampson, 1913). Myanmar.

Hypopyra feniseca Guenée, 1852. Nepal, India.

Hypopyra meridionalis (Hampson, 1913). Sri Lanka, S. & C. India. 

Hypopyra ossigera Guenée, 1852. C. India. 


Hypopyra pudens Walker, 1858. India.

Hypopyra spermatophora (Hampson, 1913). Assam. 

Hypopyra unistrigana Guenée, 1852. India. 

Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787). India. Western Ghats. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Hypopyra vespertilio -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1

Hypopyra vespertilio Fabricius, (1787): Albizia lebbeck (Fabaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. 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. 554 as Spirama vespertilio
  2. http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Catocalinae/Hypopyra_vespertilio.html [accessed 12 June 2017]
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypopyra_vespertilio

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787) – . 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/hypopyra-vespertilio, accessed 2024/04/20.