Egnasia accingalis Walker, [1859] -

Taxonomic Information

Egnasia Walker, [1859] species known from the Indian subcontinent

Egnasia accingalis Walker, [1859]. S. &. W. India; Sri Lanka.

Egnasia binorbiculata Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka.

Egnasia caduca (Swinhoe, 1885). Pune, Maharashtra.

Egnasia castanealis (Hampson, 1895). Sikkim, Naga Hills. 

Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, [1859]. E. Himalaya; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka.

Egnasia faciata (Moore, 1882). Darjeeling, West Bengal.

Egnasia mesotypa Swinhoe, 1906. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 

Egnasia participalis Walker, [1859]. Peninsular India; Sri Lanka.

Egnasia pictalis (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan.

Egnasia pulcherrima Butler, 1879. TL: Japan. India; Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

Egnasia rectilineata Swinhoe, 1895. Meghalaya. 

Egnasia sinuosa Moore, 1882. West Bengal.

Egnasia tenella Hampson, 1912. Myanmar.

Egnasia tripuncta Swinhoe, 1895. Meghalaya; Nepal. 

Egnasia trogosema Hampson, 1926. Tamil Nadu. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Egnasia accingalis -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala11
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra21
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1221
  1. Egnasia accingalis Walker, [1859]. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Vol 16, pg. 218. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/218/mode/1up?view=theater.
  2. Matella accingalis Moore, F. 1884-7. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3, pg. 196, pl. 172/7. 
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 16, #27.
  4. Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713. [accessed 22 June 2021] Image 128. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Egnasia accingalis Walker, [1859] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/egnasia-accingalis, accessed 2024/12/03.