Taxonomic Information
Checklist of the Moorasura inflexa (Moore, 1878) species-group.
Moorasura inflexa (Moore, 1878). India: NE India; E Nepal,
Moorasura victoria Volynkin & Černý, 2019. India: NE India; N Myanmar.
Moorasura kanchenjunga Volynkin & Černý, 2019. India: NE India.
Moorasura dejeani Volynkin & Černý, 2019. SW China: Sichuan.
Moorasura gloriosa (Moore, 1878). India: NE India; N Myanmar; SW China.
Moorasura thagyamin Volynkin & Černý, 2019. N Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Moorasura inflexa -
Similar species: Moorasura victoria Volynkin & Černý, 2019.
Diagnosis. Forewing length is 11.5–12.5 mm in males and 12.5–13 mm in females. Barsine inflexa is very similar externally to B. victoria, but can be distinguished by its slightly broader forewing, broader transverse lines and broader blackish brown edge of the costal margin (Volynkin and Černý, 2019). In addition, it seems that the post-medial line in inflexa is shallower than victoria, in which the W is deeper notched (SS observation).
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 |
- Barsine inflexa Moore, 1878. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1878. Pg. 29, Pl. 3 fig 17. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/29/mode/1up?view=theater & Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater
- Miltochrista inflexa, Moore; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Vol. 2, pg. 484, #1030. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/484/mode/1up?view=theater
- Barsine inflexa Moore; Volynkin, A.V. and Černý, K., 2019. A review of the Barsine inflexa Moore, 1878 and the B. flavodiscalis (Talbot, 1926) species-groups, with descriptions of six new species from Indochina, India and China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4668(4), pp.zootaxa-4668.
- Barsine inflexa, Moore; Arctiid Moths of India, Vol. 2 pg 75.
- Volynkin, A.V., Huang, S.Y. and Ivanova, M.S., 2019. An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex. Ecologica Montenegrina, 26, pp.14-92.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Moorasura inflexa (Moore, 1878) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Moorasura-inflexa, accessed 2024/05/09.