Taxonomic Information
Callyna Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Callyna contracta Warren, 1913. India: Sikkim, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh (Kulu).
Callyna costiplaga Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka; India: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.
Callyna jugaria Walker, 1858. India: Andaman Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal; Bangladesh.
Callyna melanosema Hampson, 1918. Sri Lanka, Inda: Kerala.
Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858. Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
Callyna mystica (Walker, 1858). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Myamnar.
Callyna semivitta Moore, 1882. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal; Myanmar.
Callyna siderea Guenée, 1852. Sri Lanka; India: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh; Nepal.
No previous published records of Callyna melanosema Hampson, 1918 from India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Callyna melanosema Hampson, 1918; Novit. Zool. 25:157; TL: Ceylon, Haragama. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3856960#page/175/mode/1up
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Callyna melanosema Hampson, 1918 – . 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/callyna-melanosema, accessed 2025/08/14.