Taxonomic Information
Ceratarcha Swinhoe, 1894 species known from India.
Ceratarcha umbrosa Swinhoe, 1894
Ceratarcha clathralis Swinhoe, 1894
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ceratarcha umbrosa -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Ceratarcha umbrosa Swinhoe, 1894. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (81): 200. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof6141894lond/page/200/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594p. #4947, Pg 325.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl 124/25.
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273314
- http://gaga.biodiv.tw/9702bx/369.htm
Note: Similar species is Ceratarcha clathralis Swinhoe, 1894
Ceratarcha clathralis Swinhoe, 1894. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (81): 200. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof6141894lond/page/200/mode/1up?view=theater
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Ceratarcha umbrosa Swinhoe, 1894 – . 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/ceratarcha-umbrosa, accessed 2026/01/29.