Rehimena phrynealis (Walker, 1859) -

Taxonomic Information

Rehimena Walker, 1866 species known from India.
Rehimena dichromalis Walker, [1866]. India: South Hindustan.
Rehimena hypostictalis Hampson, 1908. Sri Lanka.
Rehimena monomma (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Rehimena phrynealis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Rehimena stictalis Hampson, 1908. Sri Lanka.
Rehimena striolalis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim.
Rehimena surusalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; India: Andaman Islands.
Rehimena villalis Swinhoe, 1906. India: Andaman Islands.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa1
Gujarat11
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala1111
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur1
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand4
West Bengal2
Total12636311

Rehimena phrynealis (Walker, 1859): Grewia sp.,Gossypium sp., Abutilon sp. (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Botys phrynealis Walker, 1859. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 630. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1618brit#page/630/mode/1up
  2. Moore, F. 1884-7. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3. Pl. 181, figs. 5. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 261,#4783.
  3. Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713.
  4. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/phrynealis.html [accessed 22 January 2019]
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273078

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Rehimena phrynealis (Walker, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/rehimena-phrynealis, accessed 2024/03/28.