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
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- 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., 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/drepana-dispilata, accessed 2025/11/03.