Botyodes diniasalis (Walker, 1859) -

Taxonomic Information

Botyodes Guenée, 1854 species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Central and East India; Bangladesh. 
Botyodes diniasalis (Walker, 1859). India: Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Botyodes fraterna Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Botyodes principalis Leech, 1889. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal. 
Botyodes rufalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh12
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total1114
  1. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Pyralidae, pg. 442, # 5266 as Pyrausta diniasalis.
  2. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Botyodes.html
    [accessed 12 Oct 2015]
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website).
    http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273073 [accessed 12 Oct 2015]
  4. Wikipedia contributors. Botyodes diniasalis [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Sep 10, 19:59 UTC [cited 2015 Oct 12]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Botyodes_diniasalis&oldid=680424773.

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Botyodes diniasalis (Walker, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/botyodes-diniasalis, accessed 2025/08/01.