Cyana britomartis Singh & Volynkin, 2020 -

Taxonomic Information

Cyana dohertyi male has four black spots, while C. arama has three black spots. Abdomen of dohertyi is whitish while distal (lower) half of abdomen is pink in C. arama. HW of dohertyi is whitish, while in C. arama it is suffused with pink. FW antimedial band in C. dohertyi is straight while in C. arama it is looped outwardly to inner margin. Palpi in C. arama is white below, dark brown above.

List of Cyana Walker, 1854 known from India.
Cyana abrupta Volynkin & Černý, 2019, India (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya).
Cyana adita (Moore, 1859), India (North and NE India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh).
Cyana amabilis (Moore, 1877), India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).
Cyana arama arama (Moore, 1859), India (NE India (Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur), Sikkim, North of West Bengal, Uttarakhand).
Cyana arama metis Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020, India (North India (Uttarakhand, Punjab)).
Cyana arorai Volynkin, N. Singh, Kirti & Datta, 2020, India (Andaman Islands).
Cyana atlanteia N. Singh, Volynkin, Kirti & Datta, 2020, India (South and NE India (Tamil Nadu, Assam)).
Cyana bellissima (Moore, 1878), India (Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal).
Cyana bhatejai N. Singh & Kirti, 2015, India (South India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Kerala).
Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856), India (Meghalaya).
Cyana britomartis N. Singh & Volynkin, 2020, India (NE India (Arunachal Pradesh), North of West Bengal, Sikkim).
Cyana candida (Felder, 1874), India (North and NE India (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim)).
Cyana catorhoda Hampson, 1897, India (North and NE India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur).
Cyana chrysopeleia N. Singh, Volynkin, Kirti & Datta, 2020, India (North and NE India (Uttarakhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram)).
Cyana coccinea coccinea (Moore, 1878), India (NE India (Sikkim and north of West Bengal), Assam, Uttarakhand).
Cyana coccinea flavotincta (Draudt, 1914), India (NE India (Assam)).
Cyana conclusa nicobara N. Singh, Volynkin, Kirti & Datta, 2020, India (Andaman & Nicobar).
Cyana detrita Walker, 1854, India (North and NE India (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Arunachal Pradesh).
Cyana divakara (Moore, 1865), India (NE India (Assam), Sikkim, North of West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh).
Cyana dohertyi dohertyi (Elwes, 1890), India (Eastern Himalaya (Sikkim, North of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur)).
Cyana dohertyi eirene Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020, India (North India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand)).
Cyana dryope Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020, India (West Himalaya, North India (Himachal Pradesh)).
Cyana dudgeoni Hampson, 1895, India (Sikkim, North of West Bengal, NE India (Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh)).
Cyana flavicincta (Hampson, 1903), India (NE India (Assam, Meghalaya), Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh).
Cyana gazella (Moore, 1872), India (North and NE India (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, north of West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam)).
Cyana gelida gelida (Walker, 1854), India (North and NE India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, north of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh)).
Cyana guttifera (Walker, 1856), India (South, North and NE India).
Cyana harterti (Elwes, 1890), India (NE India (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram)).
Cyana intercomma Černý, 2009, India (NW India (Jammu & Kashmir)).
Cyana khasiana Hampson, 1897, India (Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, North of West Bengal).
Cyana linatula (Swinhoe, 1891), India (Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala).
Cyana moelleri (Elwes, 1890), India (NE India (Meghalaya), Sikkim, North of West Bengal).
Cyana neopuer N. Singh, Bhattacharyya & Volynkin, 2019, India (Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim).
Cyana obliquilineata (Hampson, 1900), India (Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, South India (Karnataka)).
Cyana peregrina (Walker, 1854), India (South India and East India, Uttarakhand); Sri Lanka.
Cyana perornata (Walker, 1854), India (NE India).
Cyana puella puella (Drury, 1773), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Bihar).
Cyana puer (Elwes, 1890), India (NE India (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal).
Cyana quadrinotata (Walker, 1869), India (NE India (West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh).
Cyana rudloffi Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020, India (Andaman Islands).
Cyana selangorica paeninsulana Černý, 2009, India (NE India, Assam, Mizoram).
Cyana signa (Walker, 1854), India (North and NE India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur)).
Cyana sikkimensis (Elwes, 1890), India (NE India (Sikkim and north of West Bengal)).
Cyana trilobata Fang, 1992, India (NE India, Sikkim).
Cyana watsoni Hampson, 1897, India (NE India (Assam, Meghalaya)).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Cyana britomartis -


Similar species: Cyana divakara (Moore, 1865).

Cyana britomartis is a closest relative of C. divakara, from which it differs by its smaller black discal spots, broader subbasal white strip along the forewing costa, longer subbasal white spot along the anal forewing margin, and larger medial white spot. In addition, male of C. britomartis differs from that of C. divakara by its distal discal black spots well separated from each other (Singh et al 2020).

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2
  1. OD: Cyana britomartis Singh & Volynkin, 2020. In Singh, N., Volynkin, A.V., Kirti, J.S., Datta, H.S. & Ivanova, M.S. 2020. A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa 4738(1), pp.1-93. Fig 22-27. Pg. 41, Fig. 109-111.

Incorrectly identified as Cyana divakara on the website and corrected to Cyana britomartis on 20 Sep 2020 (SS). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Cyana britomartis Singh & Volynkin, 2020 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/cyana-britomartis, accessed 2024/03/28.