Bocula marginata (Moore, 1882) -

Taxonomic Information

Bocula Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian subcontinent

Bocula brunneata Warren, 1912. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Bocula diffisa (Swinhoe, 1890). Nilgiris; Myanmar. 

Bocula erota Swinhoe, 1901. Andaman Is. 

Bocula heliothina Hampson, 1926. Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 

Bocula inconclusa (Walker, 1862). Myanmar.

Bocula macoma (Swinhoe, 1906). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Bocula marginata (Moore, 1882). Darjeeling, West Bengal. 

Bocula mollis Warren, 1912. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Bocula ochrigamma Hampson, 1926. Sri Lanka. 

Bocula orthosiana (Swinhoe, 1885). Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Bocula pallens (Moore, 1882). Kolkatta, West Bengal.

Bocula sejuncta (Walker, 1856). Indian subcontinent.

Bocula undilineata Warren, 1912. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Bocula xanthostola Hampson, 1926. Sri Lanka.

Similar species

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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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
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1
Total11
Bocula marginata (Moore, 1882): Pueraria montana (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. Borsippa marginata Moore, 1882. Descr. New. Indian lepid. Insects Colln. Late Mr. Atkinson: 173. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/191/mode/1up.
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 517, # 2543 as Borsippa quadrilineata. Borsippa marginata is listed as its synonym. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pg. 67, Pl. 136/21. Listed as Borsippa marginata
  4. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 35/25.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204664-Bocula-marginata

Other Notes

Bocula quadrilineataBocula bifaria, Bocula tuhanensis, Bocula xanthostola have similar fascies to Bocula marginata with subapically notched black band. All these species are extralimital to India. Bocula tuhanensis is simalar to the Himalayan B. undilineata.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Bocula marginata (Moore, 1882) – . 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://www.mothsofindia.org/bocula-marginata, accessed 2024/03/29.