Taxonomic Information
Cryphia Hübner, 1818 species known from India.
Cryphia albiclava (Hampson, 1908) (Bryophila). India: Jammu & Kashmir (TL).
Cryphia albistigma (Moore, 1867) (Bryophila). India: West Bengal (TL: “Bengal”); Bangladesh.
Cryphia deceptura (Walker, 1865) (Diphtera). India: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka (TL).
Cryphia lichenea (Hampson, 1891) (Bryophila). India: S. India (TL: Nilgiris).
Cryphia nilgiria (Moore, 1881) (Bryophila). India: S. India (TL: Nilgiris).
Cryphia poliophaea (Hampson, 1908) (Bryophila). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL).
Cryphia virescens (Hampson, 1894) (Bryophila). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dalhousie), Jammu & Kashmir.
Note: Cryphia deceptura (Walker, 1865) is provisionally identified. This species show considerable variation in markings wrt to the varied descriptions in literature; hence it is provisionally identified.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Diphtera deceptura Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 614; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/614/mode/1up
- Bryophila postochrea; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 2, pg. 298.
- Bryophila postochrea Hampson, 1893; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 95, pl. 161, f. 8; TL: Ceylon, Trincomali. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/95/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n202/mode/1up
- Bryophila deceptura; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 623. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/623/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed). Macro Lep. World, Vol 11 pg 44 & Pl 4i.
- Bryophila deceptura; 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. Pg. 308, Pl. 42/39.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/660088-Cryphia-deceptura
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Cryphia deceptura (Walker, 1865) – . 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/cryphia-deceptura, accessed 2026/03/19.