Goniorhynchus butyrosa (Butler, 1879) -

Taxonomic Information

Goniorhynchus Hampson, 1896 species known from India/Nepal.
Goniorhynchus butyrosa (Butler, 1879). Japan; Thailand; India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Goniorhynchus gratalis (Lederer, 1863). India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam. 
Goniorhynchus plumbeizonalis Hampson, 1896
Goniorhynchus flaviguttalis Warren, 1896 
Goniorhynchus marginalis Warren, 1896
Goniorhynchus signatalis (Walker, 1866). Nepal; India: Uttarakhand. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Goniorhynchus butyrosa -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total21
  1. OD: Samea butyrosa Butler, 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British. Pg.73, pl. 59/1. TL: Yokohama, Japan. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75384#page/97/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75384#page/143/mode/1up
  2. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572.Pg. 5. Image 49.
  3. http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Goniorhynchus_butyrosus.html
Note: This species was provisionally identified and reported by Sondhi et al 2021 from Arunachal Pradesh. Its type locality is Yokohoma, Japan, but it has also been reported from Thailand. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Goniorhynchus butyrosa (Butler, 1879) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/goniorhynchus-butyrosa, accessed 2024/03/29.