Xenochroa xanthia (Hampson, 1902) -

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya4
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total4
  1. Carea xanthia Hampson, 1902. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14: 213 (Carea) (holotype: male, India, Sikkim, NhM (BMNh), London). Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn14190203bomb/page/213/mode/1up?view=theater 
  2. Pseudelydna xanthia ab. xanthiana Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (1): 90. Text at https://archive.org/details/archivfurgeschic8214berl/page/n107/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Pseudelydna xanthiana Gaede, 1937, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11: 426.
  4. Pseudelydna xanthia Hampson; Kobes, 1997: 145.
  5. 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. Pg. 209, Pl. 29/5-6. 
  6. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_6_31.php
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/371546-Xenochroa-xanthia

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Xenochroa xanthia (Hampson, 1902) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Xenochroa-xanthia, accessed 2024/04/30.