Taxonomic Information
Chiasmia Hübner, [1823] species known from India.
Chiasmia apataria (Swinehoe, 1893). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chiasmia avitusaria avitusaria (Walker, 1860). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia azataria (Swinhoe, 1893). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Nagaland.
Chiasmia basharica (Wehrli, 1932). India: Himachal Pradesh(Kulu), Haryana (Sultanpur, Bashan).
Chiasmia clivicola (Prout, 1926). Myanmar; India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Nagaland (Naga hills).
Chiasmia contaminata (Warren, 1902). India: Himalayas.
Chiasmia effusata (Guenee, 1858). India: (Central India).
Chiasmia eleonora eleonora (Cramer, 1780). India: Tamil Nadu (Cte de Coramandel), Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Chiasmia elvirata (Guenee, 1858). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia emersaria (Walker, 1861). India.
Chiasmia epicharis epicharis (Wehrli, 1932). Tibet; India.
Chiasmia ferruginata (Moore, 1887). Sri Lanka; India: Kerala (Silent Valley).
Chiasmia fidoniata (Guenee, 1858). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.
Chiasmia frugaliata (Guenee, 1858). Central India, South Hindustan.
Chiasmia hebesata (Walker, 1861). North Hindustan.
Chiasmia honoria (Hampson, 1912). India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Nilgiris.
Chiasmia inchoata (Walker, 1861). Hindustan.
Chiasmia khasiana (Moore, 1888). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chiasmia myandaria (Walker, 1863). India: Karnatka (Canara).
Chiasmia nora (Walker, 1861). India: Punjab, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra.
Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Nilgiris.
Chiasmia octolinearia (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji).
Chiasmia ozararia ozararia (Walker, 1860). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia perfumata (Bastelberger, 1907). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia perfusaria (Walker, 1866). India: Nilgiri District, Kerala.
Chiasmia pervolgata pervolgata (Walker, 1861). India: Punjab, North Hindustan.
Chiasmia placida (Moore, 1888). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Chiasmia pulviata pluviata (Fabricius, 1798). India: South India (Travancore).
Chiasmia posticaria (Walker, 1869). India: Uttar Pradesh (near Varanasi).
Chiasmia quadraria (Moore, 1887). India: Nilgiris.
Chiasmia ruptifascia (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chiasmia streniataria streniataria (Walker, 1863). India: Punjab.
Chiasmia triangulata (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, N slopes).
Chiasmia trilinearia (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia xanthonora (Walker, 1861). India: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nilgiris; Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
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| Karnataka | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Chiasmia emersaria (Walker, 1861): Albizia procera, Cassia renigera, Pithecellobium dulce (Fabaceae), Elaeagnus latifolia (Elaegnaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- , pg 207, # 3251 as Macaria emersaria
- inaturalist.org http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203868-Chiasmia-emersaria
- Wikipedia contributors. Chiasmia emersaria [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Feb 4, 11:17 UTC [cited 2016 Aug 4]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiasmia_emersaria&oldid=645588159.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Chiasmia emersaria (Walker, 1861) – . 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/chiasmia-emersaria, accessed 2025/10/29.