Taxonomic Information
Sypna Guenée, 1852 species known from India (Joshi et al, 2025).
Sypna albilinea Walker, 1858. India: E. Himalaya, Meghalaya, West Bengal; Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet).
Sypna coelisparsa Walker, 1858. India: E. Himalaya, central India, Assam.
Sypna dubitaria (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Sypna martina (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874). India: E. Himalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim.
Sypna omicronigera Guenée, 1852. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh.
Note: This species is provisionally identified.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Tavia dubitaria Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 939; TL: Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/939/mode/1up
- Hampson, FBI, Vol. 2, pg. 446, # 2373 as a form of omicronigera.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1913. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol.3, pg. 364, Plate 66 line F, fig.4. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110901#page/378/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110902#page/141/mode/1up
- MON Part 2, Pg. 67, Pl. 51/5.
- MOT Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 111, Pl. 13/8.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244250-Sypna-dubitaria
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Sypna dubitaria (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/sypna-dubitaria, accessed 2026/03/30.