Hamodes propitia (Guérin-Méneville, [1831]) -

Taxonomic Information

Hamodes Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Hamodes lutea (Walker, [1863]). India: NE Himalaya, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh. 
Hamodes pendleburyi Prout, 1932. India: NE Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Hamodes propitia (Guérin-Méneville, [1831]). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Goa, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

The female is similiar to Hamodes pendleburyi, more details under that species.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra4121512
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand21
West Bengal1
Total1114332613

Hamodes propitia (Guérin-Méneville, [1831]): Dalbergia latifolia, Dalbergia sissoo (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Noctua propitia Guérin-Méneville, [1831]; Voyage Coquille, 2 (2): 285. 
  2. Ophiusa propitia Boisduval, 1832, in d’Urville, Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe, 1: 244.
  3. Hamodes aurantiaca Guenée, 1852, Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid. 7: 203.
  4. Hamodes marginata Moore, 1882, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln W.S. Atkinson: 169.
  5. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae, pg 547, # 2620 as H. aurantiaca.
  6. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. pl 11. 
  7. Holloway, J. D. 2005. The Moths of Borneo. Part 15/16. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_iii/miscellaneousiii_3_1.php [accessed 13 Nov 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Hamodes propitia (Guérin-Méneville, [1831]) – . 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/hamodes-propitia, accessed 2026/03/01.