Taxonomic Information
Agrisius Walker, 1855 species known from the Indian region.
Agrisius albula Orhant, 1997. Myanmar.
Agrisius albafuliginosus Kirti & Singh, 2016. India: Arunachal Pradesh (TL).
Agrisius guttivitta Walker, 1855. E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Agrisius fuliginosus Moore, 1872. E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Agrisius excellens Dubatolov & Kishida, 2013. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Agrisius neofuliginosus Kirti & Singh, 2016. Arunachal Pradesh.
Note: Transferred from Erebidae, Arctiinae to Nolidae, Eligminae based on Volynkin & Saldaitis (2022).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Agrisius guttivitta -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Sikkim | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 |
- Agrisius guttivitta Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 723, f. 173; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimens13brit/page/723/mode/1up?view=theater
- Agrisius guttivittata[sic, recte guttivitta] Daniel, 1953, Bonn. zool. Beitr. 3 (3-4): 316, (1-2): pl. 2, f. 52. Plate at https://archive.org/details/bonnerzoolo3419521953zool/page/n92/mode/1up?view=theater
- Agrisius guttivitta Walker in Hampson, G. F. 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 257, fig. 173. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/257/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 79/16.
- Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1, pp 1-205. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg 182.
- Volynkin, V. V. & A. Saldaitis, 2022. Taxonomic review of the Agrisius guttivitta Walker species group with transfer of the genus Agrisius Walker to the family Nolidae Bruand and descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Eligminae). Zootaxa, 5190(2), pp.241-256.
Note: Agrisius guttivitta Walker, 1855 is a species complex, but this is the only species known from India; the rest of the species are extralimital. Transferred from Erebidae, Arctiinae to Nolidae, Eligminae based on Volynkin & Saldaitis (2022) (SS, 16 Nov 2024).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Agrisius guttivitta Walker, 1855 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/agrisius-guttivitta, accessed 2025/10/24.