Taxonomic Information
Nordstromia Bryk, 1943 species known from India.
Nordstromia vira (Moore, [1866]) (Drepana). India: West Bengal, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Sikkim; NE Myanmar.
Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912) (Drepana). India: North India, Sikkim; North Myanmar.
Nordstromia argenticeps (Warren, 1922) (Albara), India: Sikkim, NE India; Nepal.
Nordstromia lilacina (Moore, 1888) (Drepana). India: NE India, NW India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Nordstromia simillima (Moore, 1888) (Drepana). India: NW India, Himachal Pradesh.
Nordstromia duplicata (Warren,1922) (Albara). India: NE Himalaya, Meghalaya.
Nordstromia humerata (Warren, 1896) (Albara). India: NE India, Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Nordstromia lilacina -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Nordstromia lilacina (Moore, 1888): Quercus variabilis (Fagaceae) (Sen et al. 2002).
- OD: Drepana lilacina Moore, 1888. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 401; TL: Dharmsala. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen88zool#page/401/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig.Pg. 336, # 720 as Drepana lilacina.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 1/12.
- Smetacek, P. 2008. Moths recorded from different elevation in Nainital district, Kumaon Himalaya, India. Bionotes. 10(1):5 -15. Reported from Uttarakhand.
- Sondhi, Y. & S. Sondhi. 2016. A partial checklist of moths (Lepidoptera) of Dehradun, Mussoorie and Devalsari in Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(5): 8756–8776; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2814.8.5.8756-8776.Image 24.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Nordstromia lilacina (Moore, 1888) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/nordstromia-lilacina, accessed 2025/10/29.