Hyposidra violescens Hampson, 1895 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Hyposidra Guenée, 1857 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Hyposidra albifera (Moore, 1879). India: NW Himalaya, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Hyposidra aquilaria (Walker, 1862). India: Sikkim, throughout India.
Hyposidra infixaria (Walker, 1860). NE India. 
Hyposidra murina (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Hyposidra picaria (Walker, 1866). India?
Hyposidra polia Hampson, 1896. S. India
Hyposidra talaca talaca (Walker, 1860). Sri Lanka.
Hyposidra violescens Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka12
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1113
  1. Hampson, G.F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae. Pg. 213, # 3264.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo, pl 72.
  3. Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 173
  4. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=224571 [accessed 22 June 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Hyposidra violescens Hampson, 1895 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/hyposidra-violescens, accessed 2024/03/29.