Taxonomic Information
Chasmina Walker, 1856 species known from India.
Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865). India.
Chasmina fasciculosa (Walker, 1858). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Chasmina gracilipalpis Warren, 1912.India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Chasmina judicata (Walker, 1858). S. &. W. India.
Chasmina rejecta (Fabricius, 1775). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775). India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Chasmina fasciculosa (Walker, 1858): Helicteres isora (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Acontia fasciculosa Walker, 1858. List of Spec. Brit. Mus, Walker, Vol XV, pg. 1760. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121628#page/804/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg 581, # 2702 as Calesia fasciculosa.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Plate 34, fig 28,29
- Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 211.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Chasmina fasciculosa (Walker, 1858) – . 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/chasmina-fasciculosa, accessed 2025/10/24.


