Chiasmia eleonora (Cramer, [1780]) -

Taxonomic Information

Chiasmia Hübner, [1823] species known from India (based on Kirti et al 2019).
Chiasmia apataria (Swinehoe, 1893). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chiasmia avitusaria avitusaria (Walker, 1860). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia azataria (Swinhoe, 1893). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chiasmia basharica (Wehrli, 1932). India: Himachal Pradesh(Kulu), Haryana (Sultanpur, Bashan).
Chiasmia clivicola (Prout, 1926). Myanmar; India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Nagaland (Naga hills).
Chiasmia contaminata (Warren, 1902). India: Himalayas.
Chiasmia effusata (Guenee, 1858). India: (Central India).
Chiasmia eleonora eleonora (Cramer, 1780).  India: Tamil Nadu (Cte de Coramandel).
Chiasmia elvirata (Guenee, 1858). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia emersaria (Walker, 1861). Hindustan.
Chiasmia epicharis epicharis (Wehrli, 1932). Tibet; India.
Chiasmia ferruginata (Moore, 1887). Sri Lanka; India: Kerela (Silent Valley).
Chiasmia fidoniata (Guenee, 1858). North India.
Chiasmia frugaliata (Guenee, 1858). Central India, South Hindustan.
Chiasmia hebesata (Walker, 1861). North Hindustan.
Chiasmia honoria (Hampson, 1912). India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai), Nilgiris.
Chiasmia inchoata (Walker, 1861). Hindustan.
Chiasmia khasiana (Moore, 1888). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chiasmia myandaria (Walker, 1863). India: Karnatka (Canara).
Chiasmia nora (Walker, 1861). India: North Hindustan, Punjab, West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Nilgiris.
Chiasmia octolinearia (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji).
Chiasmia ozararia ozararia (Walker, 1860). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). West Bengal.
Chiasmia perfumata (Bastelberger, 1907). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia perfusaria (Walker, 1866). India: Nilgiri District.
Chiasmia pervolgata pervolgata (Walker, 1861). India: Punjab, North Hindustan.
Chiasmia placida (Moore, 1888). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Chiasmia pulviata pluviata (Fabricius, 1798). India: South India (Travancore).
Chiasmia posticaria (Walker, 1869). India: Uttar Pradesh (near Varanasi).
Chiasmia quadraria (Moore, 1887). India: Nilgiris.
Chiasmia ruptifascia (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chiasmia streniataria streniataria (Walker, 1863). India: Punjab.
Chiasmia triangulata  (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, N slopes).
Chiasmia trilinearia (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Chiasmia xantonora (Walker, 1861). North India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh3
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh211
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa1
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka3231
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra432221
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu212
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1611
West Bengal
Total213253662

Chiasmia eleonora (Cramer, [1780]): Acacia caesia (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs, #3233, pg 202 as Macaria fasciata
  2. Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Images 251&252.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Chiasmia eleonora (Cramer, [1780]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/chiasmia-eleonora, accessed 2024/04/19.