Ophiusa olista (Swinhoe, 1893) -

Taxonomic Information

Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816 species known from the Indian subcontinent. 

Ophiusa alticola (Hampson, 1913). Himachal Pradesh.

Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.

Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.

Ophiusa indistincta (Moore, 1882). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Ophiusa olista (Swinhoe, 1893). Indian Himalayas; Nepal. 

Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852). India. 
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka. 

Ophiusa trapezium (Guenée, 1852). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.

Ophiusa triphaenoides (Walker, 1858). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka. 

Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858. N. India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Ophiusa olista -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal1
Total2111
  1. OD: Minucia olista Swinhoe, 1893. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 12 (70): 261;  TL: Nanchuan, China. Text at https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof6121893lond#page/261/mode/1up.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 45/7. 
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pl. 19/4-5. 
  4. http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Catocalinae/Ophiusa_olista.html. [accessed 06 June 2019]
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=560874. [accessed 06 June 2019]

 

 

 

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ophiusa olista (Swinhoe, 1893) – . 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/ophiusa-olista, accessed 2024/03/28.