Taxonomic Information
Arctelene arcuata is endemic to Sri Lanka; hence these species ID's need to be re-visited.
Arctelene Kirti & Gill, 2008 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Arctelene neouncodes N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Karnataka (TL: Medikeri), Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand.
Arctelene patnitopensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Considered a synonym of Arctelene neouncodes (Singh et al 2024).
Arctelene rufescens Kirti & Gill, 2008. India: Karnataka (TL: Bhagmandala), Tamil Nadu.
Arctelene rubricosa (Moore, 1878). India: Maharashtra (TL: Mumbai), Goa, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Kerala, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Odisha, and Sikkim. Arctelene uncodes Kirti & Gill, 2008 is a synonym.
Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882). Endemic to Sri Lanka.
Arctelene brevisvalva S. Singh, Bhattacharya, N. Singh & Kirti, 2024. India: Goa (TL: Ponda),
Arctelene rajbanshi S. Singh, Bhattacharya, N. Singh & Kirti, 2024. India: West Bengal (TL: Panijhora).
Note: Revised genus to Arctelene rubricosa (Moore, 1878) based on Volynkin (2022).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882): Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Lyclene arcuata Moore, 1882. Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 62, pl. 103, f. 5; TL: Ceylon, Pundaloya. Text at https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey02moor#page/62/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey02moor#page/n238/mode/1up.
- Cerny, K. & A. Pinratana. 2009. Moths of Thailand, Vol. 6, Arctiidae. 283 pp. Pl.19/169.
- Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2016. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 2. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 214 pp. Pg. 101.
- Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 49.
- Volynkin, A.V. and Huang, S.Y., 2022. On the taxonomy of the genus Miltochrista Hübner with descriptions of five new species from India and China and notes on the genus Arctelene Kirti & Gill (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 58, pp.86-108. Revised genus to Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882).
- Singh, S., Bhattacharya, S., Singh, N. and Kirti, J.S., 2024. Taxonomic treatment of the genus Arctelene Kirti & Gill 2008 (Erebidae: Arctiinae) with description of two new species from India. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, pp.1-11.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/985194-Miltochrista-arcuata
Note: Revised genus to Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882) based on Volynkin et al. 2022 on 29 Nov 2023 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882) – . 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/arctelene-arcuata, accessed 2025/10/24.