Taxonomic Information
List of Drepana Schrank, 1802 species known from India.
Drepana dentifera Warren, 1922. India: Sikkim.
Drepana dispilata dispilata Warren, 1922. India: Sikkim, North India; North Myanmar; Nepal.
Drepana ochreipennis Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim.
Drepana pallida pallida Moore, 1879. India: NE India, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; North Myanmar; Nepal.
Drepana rufofasciata Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim; Nepal.
Note: Though Lepindex lists the genus of Drepana dentifera and Drepana ochreipennis as Watsonalla, there is no publication that could be found to support this nomenclature.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Drepana dispilata -
| 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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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 4 |
- OD: Drepana dispilata Warren, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 463; TL: Knyvett.
Pl 1/14.- Watson, A. 1968. The Taxonomy off the Drepaninae represented in China, with an account of their world distribution (Lepidoptera:Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 12. Pg 109, Pl 11:362 (Chinese ssp. rufata shown)
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Drepana dispilata Warren, 1922 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/drepana-dispilata, accessed 2025/01/26.