Chrysocraspeda abhadraca Walker, 1861 -

Taxonomic Information

Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe, 1893 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Chrysocraspeda abhadraca (Walker, 1861).  India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Chrysocraspeda conspicuaria Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Chrysocraspeda dysmothauma Prout, 1932. Mizoram. TL: Borneo. 
Chrysocraspeda faganaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. 
Chrysocraspeda fulviplaga Swinhoe, 1905. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Chrysocraspeda gibbosa Warren, 1896. India: Tezpore, Assam. 
Chrysocraspeda iole (Swinhoe, 1892). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam; Nepal. 
Chrysocraspeda marginata (Warrren, 1897). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Chrysocraspeda mitigata (Walker, 1861). India: North India. 
Chrysocraspeda olearia (Guenée, 1858). India: North India. 
Chrysocraspeda permutans (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, The plateau, 6700ft. 
Chrysocraspeda perpicta Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Chrysocraspeda plumbeofusa Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji). 
Chrysocraspeda sanguinea Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal. 
Chrysocraspeda subangulata Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Chrysocraspeda tristicula (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai). 
Chrysocraspeda volutaria ISwinhoe, 1886). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total12

Chrysocraspeda abhadraca Walker, 1861: Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Ephyra abhadraca Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 22: 636.
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae, pg. 443, # 3939
  3. Holloway, J. D. 1997. The Moths of Borneo. Part 10. Geometridae: Sterrhinae, Larentiinae, Addenda to other Subfamilies. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/cosymbiini/cosymbiini_1_22.php [accessed 14 May 2016]
  4. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/08_Sterrhinae/04_Chrysocraspeda/Chrysocraspeda%20abhadraca/Chrysocraspeda%20abhadraca.htm [accessed 14 May 2016]
  5. Khramov, P. Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera). http://lepidoptera.pro/taxonomy/120560 [accessed 14 May 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Chrysocraspeda abhadraca Walker, 1861 – . 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/chrysocraspeda-abhadraca, accessed 2024/04/19.