Taxonomic Information
Ctenoplusia Dufay, 1970 species known from the Indian subcontinent
Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremer & Grey, 1853). Peninsular India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia chalcopasta (Hampson, 1912). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia indica (Ronkay, 1986). Karnataka.
Ctenoplusia furcifera (Walker, [1858]). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenee, 1852). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia placida (Moore, [1884]). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia mutans (Walker, 1865). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia tarassota (Hampson, 1913). NE Himalaya.
Ctenoplusia kosemponesis (Strand, 1920). N. India; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ctenoplusia furcifera -
| 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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| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total |
- Plusia furcifera Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 12: 927; TL: Punjab. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1012brit/page/927/mode/1up?view=theater
- Plusia babooni Bethune-Baker, 1906. Novit. Zool. 13 (2): 270; TL: British New Guinea, Babooni. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi13lond/page/270/mode/1up?view=theater
- Phytometra polisha Strand, 1920. Archiv Naturg. 84 A (12): 130; TL: Formosa, Polisha
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 44/30 & 31.
- Sekhon, C.K. and Singh, J., 2015. An inventory of family Noctuidae (Noctuidae: lepidoptera) from Himachal Pradesh. International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies, 2(6), pp.73-92.
- https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/PLUSIINAE/ctenoplusia%20furcifera.html
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plus/furcifera.html
- https://npc.iari.res.in/plusiinae/index.php/species-page/2-uncategorised/18-ctenoplusia-furcifera-walker-1859
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ctenoplusia_Furcifera_En#Diagnosis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ctenoplusia furcifera (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/ctenoplusia-furcifera, accessed 2025/11/03.