Bastilla joviana (Stoll,[1782]) -

Taxonomic Information

Bastilla vitiensis (Butler, 1886) is a similar extralimital species. 

List of Bastilla Swinhoe, 1918 species known from India.

Bastilla absentimacula (Guenée, 1852). Indian Subregion.

Bastilla acuta (Moore, 1883). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Himalayas.

Bastilla amygdalis (Moore, [1885]). Sri Lanka; Indian Subregion.

Bastilla analis (Guenée, 1852). Nepal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India.

Bastilla angularis (Boisduval, 1833). India.

Bastilla arcuata (Moore, 1877). Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India.

Bastilla arctotaenia (Guenée, 1852). Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India.

Bastilla axiniphora (Hampson, 1913). India.

Bastilla circumsignata (Guenée, 1852). India: NE. Himalayas.

Bastilla conficiens (Walker, 1858). India.

Bastilla crameri (Moore, [1885]). Sri Lanka; Indian Subregion.

Bastilla fulvotaenia (Guenée, 1852). Sri Lanka; Indian Subregion.

Bastilla joviana (Stoll, [1782]). India.

Bastilla maturata (Walker, 1858). India: NE. Himalayas.

Bastilla maturescens (Walker, 1858). Indian Subregion.

Bastilla praetermissa (Warren, 1913). India.

Bastilla simillima (Guenée, 1852). Sri Lanka; India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala1211
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra22121
Manipur
Meghalaya4
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal12
Total214262322

Bastilla joviana (Stoll, 1782): Phyllanthus emblica, Phyllanthus reticulatus (Phyllanthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Noctua joviana Stoll, 1782, Uitlandsche Kapellen, 4: 237.
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae, pg 499, # 2503.
  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. 
  4. Holloway, J. D. 2005. The Moths of Borneo. Part 15/16. Noctuidae, Catocalini. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/ophiusini_8_1.php [accessed 22 October 2016]
  5. jpmoth.org http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Catocalinae/Bastilla_joviana.html [accessed 31 January 2017]
  6. Wikipedia contributors. Bastilla joviana [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2016 Nov 18, 02:37 UTC [cited 2017 Jan 31]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bastilla_joviana&oldid=750151602.

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Bastilla joviana (Stoll,[1782]) – . 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/bastilla-joviana, accessed 2025/11/02.