Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858 -

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. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858: There is some variability in this species and the white spot near the apex maybe absent.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand211
West Bengal
Total112321

Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858: Cordia macleodii, Cordia myxa (Boraginaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

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Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858 – . 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-monoleuca, accessed 2025/08/25.