Taxonomic Information
Cidariplura Butler, 1879 species known from India.
Cidariplura brevivittalis (Moore, 1867) (Bertula). India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal; Bangladesh.
Cidariplura chalybealis (Moore, 1867) (Bertula). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
Cidariplura dubia (Butler, 1889) (Bleptina). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharmsala).
Cidariplura perfusca (Swinhoe, 1895) (Bleptina). India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong).
Cidariplura bilineata (Wileman & South, 1919) (Mastigophorus). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal (Joshi et al, 2025) but Owada et al (2013) state this is a Taiwanese species.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Bertula brevivittalis Moore, 1867; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 87; TL: Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534497#page/109/mode/1up
- Mastigophorus brevivittalis; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 49. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120138#page/85/mode/1up
- Mastigophorus brevivittalis; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911: 254. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51196#page/612/mode/1up
- Mastigophorus brevivittalis Warren, 1913, in: Seitz, A. (ed.): Die gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 3: 415, nec Moore, 1867.
- Elyra albifascia Hampson, 1929, in: de Joannis, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 98: 398. (Lectotype: India, NhM (BMNh), London).
- Wu, S., Owada, M., Shiao, S.F. and Yen, S.H., 2013. Review of the genus Cidariplura Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) in Taiwan with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa, 3746(1), pp.143-160.
Cidariplura bilineata (Wileman & South, 1919) (extralimital)
Owada et al 2103: This species, Cidariplura bilineata, is very similar to Cidariplura brevivittalis (Figs 17–20, 23, 24, 47, 48, 58, 71, 83) inn external appearance, but differs from the latter in having the more distinct white hindwing medial line. Prominent HW medial line on HW visible here.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Cidariplura brevivittalis (Moore, 1867) – . 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/cidariplura-brevivittalis, accessed 2026/03/18.