Taxonomic Information
Arichanna Moore, [1868] species known from India.
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.
Arichanna jaguarinaria (Oberthür, 1881). India: Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh.
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, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
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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| Total | 3 | 1 |
- Scotosia plagifera Walker, 1866. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1686. TL: N. India. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119360#page/162/mode/1up
- 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. 292, # 3496, Fig. 139. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/322/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 73/1.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. pg. 75, pl. 26/13.
- https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=676359
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1227825-Arichanna-plagifera
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Arichanna plagifera Walker, 1866 – . 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-plagifera, accessed 2025/12/09.