Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859] -

Taxonomic Information

Dichromia Guenée, 1854 species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Dichromia cognata (Moore, 1885). Sri Lanka (TL); India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu). 
Dichromia indicatalis (Walker, [1859]). India: Assam, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal, Nilgiris, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. 
Dichromia laesalis (Walker, [1859]). India: Meghalaya, N. India. 
Dichromia occatus (Moore, 1882). Sri Lanka; India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Himachal Pradesh, Kerala. 
Dichromia opulenta (Christoph, 1877). Pakistan. 
Dichromia orosia Meyrick, 1913. Sri Lanka. 
Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885. Sri Lanka (TL); India: Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka . 
Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]. India: "North Hindustan", Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar Is. 
Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, West Bengal. 
Dichromia thermesialis (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka; India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Dichromia triangularis (Moore, 1882). Myanmar; India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Dichromia trigonalis Guenée, 1854. India: Meghalaya, central India, NE India, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand. 
Dichromia triplicalis Walker, [1859]. India: South India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim111
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11212
West Bengal11
Total123222321

Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]:  Boehmeria sp. (Urticaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 14; TL: N.Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1618brit#page/14/mode/1up. 
  2.  Dichromia mollis Swinhoe, 1891; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (4): 481; TL: Khasia Hills.
  3. 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. Pg. 42. 
  4. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pl. 2/9-10 as Hypena quadralis. 
  5. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/hypeninae/hypeninae_5_1.php [accessed 25 December 2018]

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Dichromia quadralis Walker, [1859] – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dichromia-quadralis, accessed 2026/05/06.