Taxonomic Information
Dichromia Guenée, 1854 species known from India.
Dichromia cognata (Moore, 1885). Sri Lanka; India.
Dichromia indicatalis (Walker, [1859]). India.
Dichromia laesalis (Walker, [1859]). India.
Dichromia occatus (Moore, 1882). Sri Lanka; India: Cherrapunji, Khasia Hills, Meghalaya.
Dichromia opulenta (Christoph, 1877). Pakistan.
Dichromia orosia Meyrick, 1913. Sri Lanka.
Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885. Sri Lanka; India.
Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]. India: North Hinudstan, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Andamans, Nicobar.
Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775). India.
Dichromia thermesialis (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka; India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Dichromia triangularis (Moore, 1882). Myanmar; India: Khasia Hills, Meghalaya.
Dichromia trigonalis Guenée, 1854. India.
Dichromia triplicalis Walker, [1859]. India: South India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]: Boehmeria sp. (Urticaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 14; TL: N.Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1618brit#page/14/mode/1up.
- Dichromia mollis Swinhoe, 1891; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (4): 481; TL: Khasia Hills.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Pg. 42.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pl. 2/9-10 as Hypena quadralis.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/hypeninae/hypeninae_5_1.php [accessed 25 December 2018]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859] – . 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/dichromia-quadralis, accessed 2025/10/28.




















