Taxonomic Information
Hypena Schrank, 1802 species known from the Indian subregion.
Hypena abducalis Walker, [1859]. India.
Hypena abnormalis Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka.
Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854. N. India.
Hypena aenescens Hampson, 1907. S. India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena albifusa Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena albisigna (Moore, 1882). India: Meghalaya.
Hypena assimilis Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena castanealis Moore, 1867. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena castaneipalpis Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Hypena colombana Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena conscitalis Walker, [1866]. India.
Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Hypena daria Swinhoe, 1891. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena denticulata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena detersalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena divaricata Moore, 1882. India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Hypena duplicilinea Hampson, 1895.India: Sikkim.
Hypena elongalis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Nilgiris.
Hypena extensa Walker, [1866]. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena externa Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena gonospilalis Walker, [1866]. Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena griseapex Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena griseipennis Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Hypena hamata Hampson, 1895. India: Naga Hills.
Hypena iconicalis Walker, [1859]. Indian subregion.
Hypena irrota (Wileman & South, 1917). Sikkim.
Hypena jocosalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka; S. India.
Hypena jugalis Walker, [1859]. E. Himalaya.
Hypena labatalis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena laceratalis Walker, [1859]. Indian subregion.
Hypena lacessalis Walker, [1859]. N. India.
Hypena laxia Swinhoe, 1891. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena lignealis Walker, [1866]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796). Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena longipennis Walker, [1866]. India.
Hypena mandatalis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena mediana Moore, 1882. India: Parisnath, Jharkhand.
Hypena minor Hampson, 1891. India: India: Nilgiris.
Hypena molpusalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka.
Hypena narratalis Walker, [1859]. N. India.
Hypena nigrescens (Moore, 1881). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Hypena nocturnalis Swinhoe, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]. Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena obductalis Walker, [1859]. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka.
Hypena obstupidalis Swinhoe, 1885. (Pune, Nilgiris) S. & W. India.
Hypena olivaceoides Poole, 1989. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena olypea (Swinhoe, 1918). Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Hypena ophiusoides Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena perdricipennis Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena persimilis Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena phecomalis Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena quaesitalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena rhombalis Guenée, 1854. India.
Hypena rivula Hampson, 1907. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Hypena robustalis Snellen, 1880. India.
Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758). N. India.
Hypena rufirena Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.
Hypena similata Moore, 1882. N. India.
Hypena sinuisigna Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Hypena squamea Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798). Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena strigifascia Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena strigosa Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena surreptalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena telamonalis Walker, [1859].E. Himalaya.
Hypena tortuosa Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). Meghalaya.
Hypena umbripennis Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena uncipennis Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Hypena uniformis Hampson, 1891. Nilgiris.
Hypena uniformoides Poole, 1989. India: Meghalaya.
Hypena varialis Walker, [1866]. Indian subregion.
Hypena vestita (Moore, [1885]). India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] is treated as a synonym of Hypena simplicalis Zeller, 1852 on iNaturalist. This treatment needs investigation.
Hypena cidarioides Moore, 1882 is a synonym of Dichromia indicatalis (Walker, [1859]).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844) is a similar species.
Lödl, M., 1994. Zur Wiederauffindung der Type von Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)[Hypena] comb. n. im Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien, nebst Bemerkungen zur Synonymie (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie, pp.369-372. Download at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_96B_0369-0372.pdf
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Delhi | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Paschimbanga | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
- OD: Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 53; TL: Congo. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/53/mode/1up?view=theater. (Congo & Sri Lanka).
- 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. 4/21-22.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hypn/obacerralis.html
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/480246-Hypena-obacerralis
- https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/HYPENIINAE/hypena%20obacerralis.html
Note: Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] is treated as a synonym of Hypena simplicalis Zeller, 1852 on iNaturalist. This treatment needs investigation (SS, 28 Mar 2024).
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hypena-obacerralis, accessed 2024/10/13.