Ovipennis milani (Černý, 2009) -

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 incompletostriga Volynkin & Černý, 2017. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Ovipennis milani (Černý, 2009). India: Arunachal Pradesh. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
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Chandigarh
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
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Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
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Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
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Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
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  1. Idopterum milani Černý in Černý & Pinratana 2009. Moths of Thailand. Volume 6, Arctiidae. Bangkok, Brothers of St Gabriel in Thailand. 283 pp., 56 pls. Pg. 102-103, fig. 203. TL: China, Yunnan. 
  2. Nanarsine milani Černý; Volynkin, A.V., Černý, K. & Huang, S.Y. 2019. A review of the Barsine hypoprepioides (Walker, 1862) species-group, with descriptions of fifteen new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4618 (1): 001-082.  Pg. 78.
  3. Zhao, T.T., Volynkin, A.V., Huang, S.Y.& Han, H.L. 2022. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Ovipennis Hampson, 1900 with descriptions of two new species from Southern and Southwestern China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Zootaxa 5178(5): 483-492. Pg. 486, Figs 2-5, 12, 13, 19, 20).
  4. Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar & K. Kunte, 2025. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region: Part 2. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 35(1): 1-13. Pg. 9, Figure 1K, Figure 5B, Figure 8L. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Ovipennis milani (Černý, 2009) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ovipennis-milani, accessed 2025/06/15.