Taxonomic Information
Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Pangrapta albistigma (Hampson, 1898). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL); Nepal.
Pangrapta cinerea (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala: TL).
Pangrapta ferrugineiceps (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan (TL).
Pangrapta grisangula (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL). Probably a synonym of Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852).
Pangrapta molybdina Hampson, 1926. India: Meghalaya.
Pangrapta pannosa (Moore, 1882). India: NE Himalaya, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Pangrapta perturbans (Walker, 1858). Bangladesh.
Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852). India: “Nilgiris”, Maharashtra; Bangladesh (Sylhet). Indo-Australian tropics.
Pangrapta sublineata Holloway, 2005. NE Himalaya.
Pangrapta talusalis (Walker, [1859]). India.
Pangrapta transducta Hampson, 1926. Myanmar.
Pangrapta trimantesalis (Walker, [1859]). Nepal; Bangladesh; NE Himalaya.
Pangrapta vaga (Walker, 1865). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), West Bengal (Darjeeling); Bhutan; Bangladesh (Sylhet: TL).
Provisionally identified as Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852). Pangrapta grisangula (Hampson, 1891) is probably a synonym of Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar spp: Pangrapta lunulata Seitz, 1915 (extralimital) (= P. pseudalbistigma, Yoshimoto, 1993), differences wrt albistigma mentioned in MON.
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- Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852). India: “Nilgiris”, Bangladesh (Sylhet).
- Marmorinia shivula Guenée, 1852, Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid. 7: 372.
- Zethes xylochroma Walker, 1858, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 15: 1525.
- Pangrapta shivula quieta Prout, 1928, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 2: 270.
- Zethes shivula; Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 11. Vide Hampson, shivula is rufous brown with grey apical patch to forewing, and a purplish band beyond postmedial line of hindwing, whilst grisangula is much more uniform fuscous brown.
- Pangrapta shivula;Černý, K. & A. Pinratana . 2009. Moths of Thailand. Volume 6, Arctiidae. Bangkok, Brothers of St Gabriel in Thailand. 283 pp., 56 pls.Pg. 70, Pl. 17/7. Lists Pangrapta grisangula as a synonym.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/pangraptini/pangraptini_1_1.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852) – . 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/pangrapta-shivula, accessed 2025/11/02.