Taxonomic Information
Elusa Walker, [1859] species known from India.
Elusa antennata (Moore, 1882) (Lugana). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Elusa cyathicornis (Walker, 1862) (Seria). North India, Bhutan, Myanmar.
Elusa subjecta (Walker, 1865) (Miana). N. India; Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Andaman Is.
Note: This species is provisionally identified. This genus displays sexual dimorphism and significant individual variation. Best identified by examining specimens and genitalia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Miana ? subjecta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 676; TL: "Bogota" [Indo-australian region]. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/676/mode/1up?view=theater (female)
- Phothedes bipars Moore, 1881; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881. Pg. 373, Pl. 38, fig. 7. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96698#page/475/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96698#page/485/mode/1up
- Lugana rufula Hampson, 1891; Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, pt. 8, pg. 81 & Pl. 146, figs 22,23. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/91/mode/1up (male & female). Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/169/mode/1up
- Elusa bipars; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. pg 258, # 1850. Treated as a synonym of Elusa subjecta.
- Seitz, A. (Ed). Macro. Lep. World, Vol. 3, pg. 102, Pl. 13i.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 86: 14
- 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. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 55/19-22.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Elusa subjecta (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/elusa-subjecta, accessed 2026/04/04.