Taxonomic Information
List of Hemonia Walker, 1863 known from India.
Hemonia orbiferana Walker, 1863, India (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Andamans, Mizoram, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu).
Hemonia rotundata (Snellen, 1879), India (Mizoram, Assam); Sri Lanka.
Hemonia orbiferana male has ciliate antennae. Hemonia rotundata male has bipectinnate antennae.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Hemonia orbiferana -
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Heminia [sic] orbiferana Walker, 1863, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 28: 426.
- 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. 91, #1383, Fig. 52.
- Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1 Pg 179.
- Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Birdwing Field Guide to Indian Moths. Pg. 131, Plate 36/3.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/apomorphic%20genera/apomorphicgenera_13_1.php
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/02_ARCTIINAE/04_Lithosiinae/69_Hemonia/Hemonia%20orbiferana/Hemonia%20orbiferana.htm
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hemonia orbiferana Walker, 1863 – . 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/hemonia-orbiferana, accessed 2025/11/04.