Taxonomic Information
Palpita Hübner, 1808 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Palpita albifulvata Kirti & Rose, 1992. India.
Palpita annulata (Fabricius, 1794). Myanmar; Sri Lanka; India.
Palpita annulifer Inoue, 1996. India.
Palpita ardealis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Andamans, Nicobar Islands.
Palpita asiaticalis Inoue, 1994. India.
Palpita bambusalis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Palpita conclusalis (Walker, 1866). India.
Palpita fraterna (Moore, 1888). Nepal; India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Palpita hexcornutialis Kirti & Rose, 1992. India: Uttarakhand (Mussoorie, Dehradun).
Palpita indannulata Inoue, 1996. Nepal; India: Uttar Pradesh (Chapauli).
Palpita indistans (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Palpita kiminensis Kirti & Rose, 1992. Nepal; Myanmar; India: Arunachal Pradesh (Kimin, Subansiri).
Palpita munroei Inoue, 1996. Nepal; India.
Palpita oblita (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Palpita pajnii Kirti & Rose, 1992. Nepal; India: Arunachal Pradesh (Deomali, Tirap).
Palpita palpifulvata Kirti & Rose, 1992. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Deomali, Tirap).
Palpita perunionalis Inoue, 1994. Nepal; India.
Palpita picticostalis (Hampson, 1896). Myanmar; India: Andaman Islands.
Palpita pulverulenta (Hampson, 1918). Sri Lanka.
Palpita robusta (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Palpita sejunctalis Inoue, 1997. Myanmar.
Palpita semimicroptera Inoue, 1996. Nepal.
Palpita sphenocosma (Meyrick, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Shillong, Cherrapunji).
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794). India.
Palpita warrenalis (Swinhoe, 1894). Nepal; India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh.
A species complex with numerous extralimital species that are best separated by genitalia and comparing molecular phylogeny.
Palpita warrenalis group (other extralimital species):
Palpita contrangusta Inoue, 1996
Palpita curvilinea (Janse, 1924)
Palpita postundulata Inoue, 1996
Palpita aureolina Inoue, 1996
Palpita pudicalis (Kenrick, 1907)
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Palpita warrenalis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Glyphodes warrenalis in Swinhoe, C. 1894. New species of Geometers and Pyrales from the Khasia Hills Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London, 14 (1894). Page 148.
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Page 352, as Glyphodes warrenalis.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Plate 125/28.
- Inoue, H., 1996. Revision of the genus Palpita Hubner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Regions. Part 1: Group A (Annulifer Group). Tinea, 15, pp.12-46. Fog. 160, Pg. 154.
- Irungbam, J.S., M.S. Chib & K. Wangdi, 2016. Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan (Lepidoptera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 9 (3): 355-382G. Figure 10G.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Palpita warrenalis (Swinhoe, 1894) – . 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/palpita-warrenalis, accessed 2026/01/29.