Arichanna interplagata (Guenée, [1858]) -

Taxonomic Information

Arichanna Moore, [1868] species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).

Arichanna albolineata Inoue, 1988. Nepal; India: Sikkim?.
Arichanna albovittata Moore, 1888. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Arichanna biquadrata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Arichanna commixta (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Arichanna consocia (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalayas.
Arichanna conspersa (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Arichanna diversicolor Warren, 1888).
Arichanna flavimeda (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim
Arichanna flavinigra Hampson, 1907. India: Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Arichanna furcifera Moore, 1888. India: India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Arichanna hamiltonia (Swinhoe, 1892). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Arichanna interplagata (Guenée, 1858). India: Central India, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Arichanna jaguarinaria (Oberthür, 1881). India: Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Arichanna lapsariata (Walker, 1862). India.
Arichanna luciguttata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Arichanna maculata (Moore, 1867).
Arichanna marginata Warren, 1893. India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; Bhutan (TL); Nepal. 
Arichanna peniculifera Stuning, 2000. India: West Bengal (Hima falls, Darjeeling).
Arichanna plagifera Walker, 1866. India: North India.
Arichanna rubrifusa Hampson, 1907. India: Sikkim, Tibet border, Yatong.
Arichanna rubrivena Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Arichanna schnitzleri Stuning, 2000, Nepal; India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Arichanna sparsa (Butler, 1890). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra District, Dharamsala), Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Arichanna subaenescens Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Arichanna subalbida Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Arichanna tenebraria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Arichanna tramesata Moore, 1868. India: Bengal.
Arichanna transectata (Walker, 1862). India: Himalayas.
Arichanna transfasciata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Arichanna violacea  (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total112
  1. Cidaria interplagata Guenée, [1858] in Boisduval & Guenée Hist. Nat. Insectes (Spec. gen. Lepid.). 10: 463. 
  2. Cidaria interplagata; Hampson, G. F. 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. 358, # 3658. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46967729#page/388/mode/1up
  3. Arichanna ramosa; Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 34/7. 
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 2000. Moths of Nepal. Part 6. TINEA. Vol. 16 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.pl 172/3-4, pg 125. 
  5. Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp.  Pl. 86.2. 
  6. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=406397

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Arichanna interplagata (Guenée, [1858]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/arichanna-interplagata, accessed 2025/08/16.