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 pallida Moore, 1879. Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 84; TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
- , # 708, pg 334.
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http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=374270 [accessed 13 October 2016]- 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 105.
- Wikipedia contributors. Drepana pallida [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2016 Aug 19, 06:34 UTC [cited 2016 Aug 19]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drepana_pallida&oldid=735203987.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Drepana pallida Moore, 1879 – . 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-pallida, accessed 2025/10/29.