Taxonomic Information
Ovipennis Hampson, 1900 species known from India.
Ovipennis anomala (Elwes, 1890). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Ovipennis dudgeoni (Elwes, 1890). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Ovipennis flavivenosa Moore, 1878. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Ovipennis insolita (Volynkin, Černý, Bayarsaikhan & Bae, (2019): India: NE India, North of West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Ovipennis joshii (Volynkin & Cerný, 2019). India: Meghalaya (TL: Garo Hills), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu.
Ovipennis incompletostriga Volynkin & Černý, 2017. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Ovipennis milani (Černý, 2009). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ovipennis anomala -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 3 |
- OD: Lithosia? anomala Elwes, 1890. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 388, pl. 32, fig. 14.
- Volynkin, A.V. and Černý, K. 2017. Revision of the Barsine cardinalis-anomala 'species-complex' (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4358(3), pp.441-461.
- Volynkin, A.V., Huang, S.Y. & 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.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 152.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ovipennis anomala (Elwes, 1890) – . 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/ovipennis-anomala, accessed 2025/11/06.