Taxonomic Information
Scaptesyle Walker, 1854 species known from India.
Scaptesyle bicolor Walker, [1865]. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Sri Lanka (TL).
Scaptesyle tricolor Walker, 1854. India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh; Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Scaptesyle tricolor Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 378; TL: Silhet [Bangladesh]. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimens13brit/page/378/mode/1up
- Hampson, FBI, Vol. 2, pg. 104, Fig. 70.
- Scaptesyle tricolor; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 283, f. 202; Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/283/mode/1up.
- Xu, Y.Q., Volynkin, A.V. and Huang, S.Y., 2024. First record of the genus Scaptesyle Walker (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) from mainland China with description of a new species from Xizang. Zootaxa, 5536(1), pp.193-200. Fig. 4, 5, 6 for tricolor.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Scaptesyle tricolor Walker, 1854 – . 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/scaptesyle-tricolor, accessed 2026/01/31.