Taxonomic Information
Xenochroa Felder, 1874 species known from India:
Xenochroa biviata (Hampson, 1905): India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Xenochroa careoides (Warren, 1912) (Aiteta). India: Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Xenochroa chlorostigma (Hampson, 1893) (Dabarita). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Xenochroa costiplaga (Swinhoe, 1893) (Carea). India: Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Xenochroa diagona (Hampson, 1912) (Carea). India: NE Himalaya; Bhutan.
Xenochroa dohora Kobes, 1997. India: Assam.
Xenochroa purpurea (Hampson, 1891). (Carea). India: Sikkim, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, S. India, NE Himalaya; Sri Lanka; Bhutan.
Xenochroa trilineata (Warren, 1912). (Carea). India: NE Himalaya, Meghalaya; Myanmar.
Xenochroa xanthia (Hampson, 1902). (Carea). India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, NE Himalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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A very similar species is Carea nebulifera Warren, 1912.
OD: Carea nebulifera Warren, W. 1912. New Noctuidae in the Tring Museum mainly from the Indo-Oriental Region. Novitates zoologicae : a journal of zoology in connection with the Tring Museum. Vol. 19. Pg. 40.
The discrepancy with the OD and Carea nebulifera at MON Part 3, pl 86/32 is as follows: transverse black lines across forewing are pale-edged, innerside for post medial line and outerside in ante medial line. This is lacking in MON Part 3, pl 86/32 image as well. This leads to be believe that the ID in MON is incorrect, and that individual, too, is Xenochroa biviata. [SS].
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Carea biviata Hampson, 1905. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 16: 595. Text at https://archive.org/details/s7annalsmagazine16londuoft/page/595/mode/1up?view=theater.
- Holloway, J. D. 2003. The Moths of Borneo (part 18). Family Nolidae. Kuala Lumpur, Southdene Sdn Bhd. 279 pp., 611 figs., 10 pls. Pl. 7/24.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl 29/12-13.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_6_19.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1073335-Carea-biviata
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/04_NOLIDAE/02_CHLOEPHORINAE/114_Xenochroa/Xenochroa%20biviata/Xenochroa%20biviata.htm [accessed 14 August 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Xenochroa biviata (Hampson, 1905) – . 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/xenochroa-biviata, accessed 2025/10/30.