Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894 -

Taxonomic Information

Syllepte Hübner, 1823  species known from the Indian subcontinent (Nuss et al 2022; Singh et al 2022):
Syllepte adductalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: "Nilgiris", Sikkim; Sri Lanka (TL).
Syllepte agraphalis Hampson, 1912. Bhutan; India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Sikkim, Assam.
Syllepte bipartalis Hampson, 1899. Indonesia (Laut: TL); India: Karnataka, Kerala.
Syllepte carbatinalis (Swinhoe, 1890) (Pramadea). India: Nagaland, Assam; Myanmar (TL). 
Syllepte chalybifascia Hampson, 1896. India: Assam, Nagaland.
Syllepte cohaesalis (Walker, 1866) (Botys). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris).
Syllepte cometa (Warren, 1896) (Haliotigris). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Syllepte consimilalis (Lederer, 1863. India: Sikkim. 
Syllepte denticulata (Moore, 1888). (Pramadea). NE India. 
Syllepte distinguenda Hering, 1901. India: Meghalaya, Andaman Is. 
Syllepte eriopisalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Meghalaya (TL: Cherrapunji), Sikkim, West Bengal.
Syllepte gastralis (Walker, [1866]) (Glyphodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Syllepte iophanes (Meyrick, 1894). (Notarcha). India: Kerala. 
Syllepte lactiguttalis (Warren, 1896) (Arthriobasis). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Assam, Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Andaman Is.; Myanmar. 
Syllepte leopardalis (Moore, 1888) (Botyodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Syllepte microsema Hampson, 1912. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka (TL).
Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894 India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh
Syllepte nigriscriptalis (Warren, 1896) (Notarcha). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Syllepte ochrotichroa Hampson, 1918. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Syllepte ogoalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Andamand & Nicobar Is.; Sri Lanka.
Syllepte picalis (Hampson, 1898) (Sylepta). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Syllepte paucistrialis (Warren, 1896)(Cyclarcha).India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills); Bhutan. 
Syllepte pseudovialis Hampson, 1912. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Sikkim; Bhutan; Sri Lanka. 
Syllepte ridopalis (Swinhoe, 1892) (Coptobasis). India: Assam; Myanmar.
Syllepte gastralis (Walker, [1866]) (Glyphodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Syllepte straminalis (Guenée, 1854) (Salbia). India: “Coromandel”, Tamil Nadu (TL). 
Syllepte sellalis (Guenée, 1854) (Botys). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman Is.; Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet); Sri Lanka; Nepal. 
Syllepte seminigralis (Warren, 1896) (Polycorys). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Syllepte syngonias Meyrick, 1939. Myanmar (TL).
Syllepte vanbraekeli Janse, 1935. India: India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam. 
Syllepte venustalis Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong, Cherrapunji).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Syllepte nigriflava -

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  1. OD: Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 (14). Pg. 199. TL: Sikkim, Assam. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53354#page/221/mode/1up
  2. 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 335, # 4974.
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Plate 125/19. As Pleuroptya nigriflava. 
  4. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 31(Supp. 2): 1-53. Image #500. 

Note: Genus level placement is uncertain. Terry Whitaker believes that this should be placed in Dichocrocis. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/syllepte-nigriflava, accessed 2025/08/06.