Herpetogramma spp. Lederer, 1863 -

Taxonomic Information

Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent (based on Singh et al 2022).
Herpetogramma basalis (Walker, [1866]). Sri Lanka; India.
Herpetogramma bipunctalis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Himalayas, NE India, peninsular India, Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Herpetogramma dilatatipes (Walker, 1866). India: Meghalaya, Karnataka. 
Herpetogramma coptobasalis (Hampson, 1899). Bhutan.
Herpetogramma cynaralis (Walker, 1859). India; Sri Lanka.
Herpetogramma latifuscalis (Hampson, 1899). Bhutan.
Herpetogramma licarsisalis  (Walker, 1859). India; Sri Lanka. 
Herpetogramma luctuosalis (Guenée, 1854). India. 
Herpetogramma magna Butler, 1879. India: Kerala. 
Herpetogramma mellealis (Swinhoe, 1890). India: West Bengal; Myanmar.
Herpetogramma mutualis (Zeller, 1852). India: Andaman Is. 
Herpetogramma nigricornalis (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya. 
Herpetogramma nigricornalis (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854). India.
Herpetogramma platycapna (Meyrick, 1897). India: Andaman Is. 
Herpetogramma rudis (Warren, 1892). India: N. India, Assam, Kerala, Odisha. 
Herpetogramma subalbescens (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya.
Herpetogramma stultalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka.

 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh21
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh1151
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi211
Goa
Gujarat6721111
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka222121521
Kerala1431113
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra212152
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga431
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1544
West Bengal1
Total9979321091222107

Larval Host Plant for cq642: Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae). 

  1. Singh, N. ,  R.Ranjan, A. Talukdar, R. Joshi, J. S. Kirti, K. Chandra & R. Mally. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5197 (1): 001–423. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Herpetogramma spp. Lederer, 1863 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/herpetogramma-spp, accessed 2024/03/29.