Hypochrosis iris (Butler, 1880) -

Taxonomic Information

Hypochrosis Guenée, [1858] species in India vide Kirti et al (2019).
Hypochrosis abstractaria (Walker, [1863]). India: E. Himalaya; Nepal. 
Hypochrosis amaurospila Yazaki, 1995. Nepal. 
Hypochrosis baenzigeri Inoue, 1982. India: Assam. 
Hypochrosis binexata (Walker, [1863]). India: Assam. 
Hypochrosis flavifusata (Moore, 1888). India: E. Himalaya. 
Hypochrosis hyadaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Himalayas, S. India. 
Hypochrosis iris (Butler, 1880). India: E. Himalaya; Nepal. 
Hypochrosis pyrrhophaeata (Walker, [1863]). India: E. Himalaya. 
Hypochrosis sternaria Guenée, [1858]. India: E. Himalaya. 
Hypochrosis venusa Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam1
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
Meghalaya1611
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total26111
  1. OD: Phoenix iris Butler, 1880; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 6 (32): 122; TL: Darjeeling at http://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof561880lond#page/122/mode/1up [accessed 02 April 2018]
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 171, # 3153. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. MON Pl. 100/24 as Phoenix iris
  4. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=413742  [accessed 02 April 2018]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Hypochrosis iris (Butler, 1880) – . 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/hypochrosis-iris, accessed 2024/03/29.