Taxonomic Information
Chasmina Walker, 1856 species known from India.
Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865). India.
Chasmina fasciculosa (Walker, 1858). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Chasmina gracilipalpis Warren, 1912.India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Chasmina judicata (Walker, 1858). S. &. W. India.
Chasmina rejecta (Fabricius, 1775). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775). India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Chasmina candida differs from other Chasmina spp. in having no markings on the FW, which are pure shining white and has the palpi and antennae ochreous.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865): Thespesia populnea, Hibiscus tilliaceus (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Arbasera candida Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 638; TL: Cambodia. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso3132brit#page/638/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs, pg. 289, # 1957 ( Syn: Leocyma sericea).
- Holloway, J. D. 1989. The Moths of Borneo. Part 12. Noctuidae: Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_29_1.php [accessed 14 September 2015]
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/chasmina-candida, accessed 2025/01/13.