Subspecies in India
Borbotana nivifascia tumefacta Warren, 1913. India: Sikkim; Nepal.
Borbotana nivifascia nivifascia Walker, 1858. Malaysia and Sumatra.
Borbotana nivifascia longidens Prout, 1926. Myanmar.
Taxonomic Information
Borbotana Walker, 1858 species known from India.
Borbotana nivifascia Walker, 1858. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Borbotana nivifascia Walker, 1858. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1651. TL: Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1651/mode/1up?view=theater
- Choluata eburneifera Walker, [1863]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 57; TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed07linn/page/57/mode/1up?view=theater
- Borbotana nivifascia; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 584, fig. 144. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/584/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 71, Pl. 114/6 as Borbotana nivifascia tumifacta.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana, 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Bangkok, Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand. 625 pp., 55 pls.pg. 331, Pl. 46, 9-10.
- Kemal, M., Kızıldağ, S. and Koçak, A.Ö., 2019. Further notes on the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines, with a description of a new species. Priamus, 18(2), pp.31-128. Fig. 101.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acro/nivifascia.html
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_26_1.php
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=92775
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/700240-Borbotana-nivifascia
Note: Tribal placement needs investigation.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Borbotana nivifascia Walker, 1858 – . 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/Borbotana-nivifascia, accessed 2026/03/20.