Taxonomic Information
Hypsopygia Hübner, 1825 species known from the Indian subcontinent (Singh et al. 2022)
Hypsopygia albidalis (Walker, 1866). India: Maharashtra (Pune).
Hypsopygia albolinealis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Hypsopygia atomosalis (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL).
Hypsopygia aurocilialis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Hypsopygia bractealis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka (TL).
Hypsopygia flammealis (Hampson, 1906). India: Karnataka (Bellary), Tamil Nadu (Chennai) (TL).
Hypsopygia fuscalis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Hypsopygia igniflualis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka (TL).
Hypsopygia ignefimbrialis (Hampson, 1906. India?
Hypsopygia marthalis (Walker, 1859). S. India: Kerala, Karnataka.
Hypsopygia medialis (Hampson, 1903). India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (TL).
Hypsopygia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863). India: NE India, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.
Hypsopygia nonusalis (Walker, 1859). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur; Sri Lanka.
Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833). India; Nepal; Bhutan.
Hypsopygia ochreicilia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Hypsopygia pellucidalis (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypsopygia postflava (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka (TL).
Hypsopygia purpureorufa (Hampson, 1917). India: Karnataka (Belgaum), Tamil Nadu (Chennai: TL).
Hypsopygia pernigralis (Ragonot, 1891). India: Bihar, West Bengal, Nilgiris; Nepal.
Hypsopygia regina (Butler, 1879). Myanmar.
Hypsopygia sericea Warren, 1891. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal (TL).
Hypsopygia subolivescens (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL).
Hypsopygia subviridescens (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL).
Hypsopygia suffusalis (Walker, 1866). N. India.
Based on Hampson (1896) and Nuss et al. (2022) at http://globiz.pyraloidea.org.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Pg. 909-910. TL: Sarawak, Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/213193#page/123/mode/1up
- Pyralis tenuis Butler, 1880b: 681–682. Type locality: China, Formosa [Taiwan]
- Pyralis imbecilis Moore, 1885. Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol. 3. Pg. 264 Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/286/mode/1up
- Pyralis incongrua Butler, 1886. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
- Pg. 383, pl. 35, fig. 5. Type locality: India, Kala Pani. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30829643#page/479/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30829629#page/450/mode/1up
- Herculia hansi Rose & Dhillon, 1980. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 294–298, figs 1–7. Type locality: India, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, Chambaghat. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44708216#page/330/mode/1up
- Herculia imbecilis; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 160. Treats Pyralis incongrua as a synonym.
- Herculia tenius; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 160.
- Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859 in Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, as a synonym of Tegulifera faviusalis.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/543848-Hypsopygia-nonusalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hypsopygia nonusalis (Walker, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hypsopygia-nonusalis, accessed 2025/06/30.