Taxonomic Information
Calindoea Walker, 1863 species known from India and Nepal.
Calindoea argentalis Walker, [1866]. NE Himalaya.
Calindoea atripunctalis Walker, [1866]. India: Assam; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Calindoea anticalis Walker, [1866]. India: Bengal, Andaman Is.; Myanmar.
Calindoea comparalis (Warren, 1908). India: TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Calindoea polygraphalis Walker, [1866]. India: Andaman & Nicobar Is.; Sri Lanka.
Calindoea trifascialis Moore, 1877. TL: S. Andamans. Maybe a synonym of Calindoea anticalis Walker, [1866].
Calindoea tetraonalis Moore, 1877. TL: S. Andamans. Maybe a synonym of Calindoea anticalis Walker, [1866].
Uncertain status-
Calindoea mollicellalis (Swinhoe, 1905). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Calindoea fasciata (Moore).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Calindoea comparalis -
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Similar species: Calindoea atripunctalis Walker, [1866]. Calindoea comparalis (Warren, 1908) is similar to C. atripunctalis but in the triangular pale blotch near the FW apex on the costa in C. comparalis there is a single small half-spot whereas in C. atripunctalis are two more distinct dark half-spots and the red-brown coloration on the Up HW is more constricted and clearly defined
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Brixia comparalis Warren, 1908. Nov. Zool., 15, p. 329. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21970#page/349/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1932. Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 10, pg. 95.
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?calindoea-comparalis-warren
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Calindoea comparalis (Warren, 1908) – . 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/calindoea-comparalis, accessed 2025/10/24.