Taxonomic Information
Andraca Walker, 1865 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Andraca bipunctata Walker, 1865. India: India: NE India, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Andraca trilochoides Moore, 1865. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh.
Andraca theae (Matsumura, 1909). Nepal.
Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009. Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Diagnosis. This dark-coloured species can be identified by the serrate outer margins of the fore- and hindwings, more strongly developed in the male than the female.
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| Total | 1 |
- Andraca bipunctata Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 582. TL: “Hindostan” [India]. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120097#page/596/mode/1up
- Wang, X., Wang, M., Zolotuhin, V.V., Hirowatari, T., Wu, S. and Huang, G.H., 2015. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa, 3989(1), pp.1-138. Pg. 65, Fig. 23A-C.
- Moths of Laos, Vol. 25, pg. 101, Pl. 41/7.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128224-Andraca-bipunctata
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Andraca bipunctata Walker, l865 – . 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/andraca-bipunctata, accessed 2026/01/25.