Conservation and Special status
Hirasa Moore, 1888 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Hirasa aereus (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Hirasa cuprearia (Moore, [1868]). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hirasa contubernalis Moore, 1888. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong).
Hirasa imaginata (Prout, 1931). India: Sikkim (Tonglo).
Hirasa lichenea (Oberthür, 1886). China (TL). India?
Hirasa muscosaria muscosaria (Walker, 1866). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hirasa muscosaria sempervirens (Prout, 1915). India: NW Himalayas.
Hirasa plagiochorda Prout, 1927. Myanmar (upper); India: Meghalaya (Hapare, Khasis).
Hirasa scripturaria (Walker, 1866). India: Assam, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Gnophus aereus Butler, 1880. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 (6): 128. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81219#page/142/mode/1up
- Gnophos aereus Butler, 1880. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Pt. 6, pl. 116/9. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75386#page/141/mode/1up
- 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. 252, # 3367.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 28, Pl. 131/6.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp.Pl. 89.14
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 520.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Hirasa aereus (Butler, 1880) – . 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/hirasa-aereus, accessed 2026/02/07.