
Taxonomic Information
Ischyja Hübner, [1823] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Ischyja marapok Holloway, 2005. Indian subregion, Andaman Is.; Borneo (TL).
Ischyja hemiphaea (Hampson, 1926) (Potamophora). India, Andaman Is.; Singapore (TL).
Ischyja manlia Cramer, [1776] (Phalaena (Noctua)). TL: “Coromandel”, Tamil Nadu. Indian subregion; Myanmar.
Ischyja ferrifracta (Walker, [1863]) (Potamophora). TL: Borneo.
Ischyja inferna Swinhoe, 1902. India; Sri Lanka; Borneo (TL).
Ischyja hagenii (Snellen, 1885). India: Mizoram; Indonesia (TL: Sumatra).
Ischyja Hübner, [1823] males identification summary, drawn up by SS. Many individuals are best separated by genitalia.
Ischyja inferna: Oblique shape of reniform and shape of loop mark near dorsum.
Ischyja ferrifracta: Pale wedge at forewing apex in both sexes.
Ischyja hagenii: geometrically marked greyish forewings. Can be confused with extralimital species Ischyja anna.
Ischyja manlia: pale marginal outer half of forewing; pale stigmata with dark edging (marapok has stigmata with pale egding) ; no purplish tint other than longitudinal streak, which is bordered inwards by a dark longitudinal streak. UNF: blue postmedial fascia which is broader posteriorly.
Ischyja hemiphaea: Dark basal half; pale marginal half, with dark zig-zag line from apex. Three black dentate marks beyond cell area. Reniform kidney-shaped (with possible black marks in the reniform).
Ischyja marapok: strong purplish tint to forewing, the stigmata are contained in a black longitudinal zone in the cell, stigmata with pale edging. Reniform kidney shaped. There is a dumbell-shaped black streak more centrally that contains whitish marks antemedially and postmedially indicating the position of the medial loop from the dorsum
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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Haryana | |||||||||||||
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Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ischyja manlia (Cramer, [1776]): Aglaia lawii (Meliaceae), Cupaniopsis anacardioides (Sapindaceae),Dalbergia monetaria, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae), Terminalia paniculata (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_i/miscellaneousi_3_6.php [accessed 14 January 2016]
- , pl 32, 1-2
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Haruta%20Collection/80_Noctuidae/08_Catocalinae/Ischyja/Ischyja%20manlia/Ischyja%20manlia_CBM-ZI%20114927.jpg [accessed 14 January 2016]
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=64149 [accessed 14 January 2016]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ischyja manlia (Cramer, [1776]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ischyja-manlia, accessed 2025/02/15.