Taxonomic Information
Cnaphalocrocis Lederer, 1863 species known from India.
Cnaphalocrocis bilinealis (Hampson, 1891) (Dolichosticha). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris, West Bengal. Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Cnaphalocrocis euryterminalis (Hampson, 1917) (Marasmia). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Cnaphalocrocis iolealis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal.
Cnaphalocrocis latimarginalis (Hampson, 1891) (Dolichosticha). India: Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nilgiris (TL), Kerala, Andaman Is.
Cnaphalocrocis mimica (Warren, [1896]) (Lasiacme). India: West Bengal.
Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée, 1854) (Salbia). India: throughout India.
Cnaphalocrocis patnalis (Bradley, 1981) (Marasmia). India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka (TL).
Cnaphalocrocis pilosa (Warren, 1896) (Lasiacme). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Cnaphalocrocis rutilalis (Walker, [1859]) (Botys). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833) (Botys) and Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) (Salbia) both now listed as Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) and Marasmia poeyalis(Boisduval, 1833) based on Nuss et al. (2022).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Cnaphalocrocis spp. -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Cnaphalocrocis spp. : Saccharum officinarum, Eleusine coracana, Cenchrus americanus, Setaria italica, Echinochloa crus-galli, Eleusine indica, Leersia hexandra, Oryza sativa, Paspalum conjugatum, Sorghum bicolor, Zea mays (Poaceae), Cyperus difformis (Cyperaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Cnaphalocrocis spp. Lederer, 1863 – . 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/cnaphalocrocis-spp, accessed 2026/02/15.