Marapana pulverata (Guenée, 1852) -

Taxonomic Information

Marapana Moore, [1885] species known from India.
Marapana pulverata (Guenée, 1852). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, central India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Numerous extralimital species

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1
  1. Sanys pulverata Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 351; TL: Central India. Text at https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell07bois/page/351/mode/1up (in French).
  2. Hypena raralis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 65; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/65/mode/1up
  3. Hepena truncatalis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1513; TL: Java. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1513/mode/1up
  4. Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 71.
  5. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/species/marapana-pulverata
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202733-Marapana-pulverata

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Marapana pulverata (Guenée, 1852) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/marapana-pulverata, accessed 2026/01/31.