Subspecies in India
Numerous subspecies of Histia flabellicornis are listed globally (Inoue, 1992). The South Indian population is considered as Histia flabellicornis nilgira Moore, 1879, while the rest of the Indian population is Histia flabellicornis flabellicornis (Fabricius, 1775) following Inoue (1992). The original description of Histia flabellicornis, the nominate species is from the Americas. Some authors lists Histia rhodope as the valid species. However, we follow Lepindex with Histia flabellicornis being the valid taxon, priority being given to this taxon based on year of publication by Fabricius.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Histia flabellicornis (Fabricius, 1775): Bischofia javanica (Phyllanthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Zygaena flabellicornis Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 831. Text at https://archive.org/stream/systemaentomolog00fabr#page/831/mode/1up
- Papilio rhodope Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): pl. 30, f. E. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/deuitlandschekap11779cram#page/n168/mode/1up
- Histia nilgira Moore, 1879. Descr. Lep. Ind. Atkinson: 18. S. India. Text at https://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/18/mode/1up
- Hampson, G.F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae, pg 280, # 596.
- Inoue, H., 1992. Geographic variation of Histia flabellicornis (Fabricius) and H. libelluloides Herrich-Schaffer (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae). Tinea, 13, pp.145-164.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal. pl 33/6.
- Light Creations (Hong Kong moths). http://ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/Zygaenid/Histia-flabellicornis.html [accessed 26 Oct. 2015]
- Singh, S. & Faisal, M. 2014. Epidemic of Histia flabellicronis ultima Hering (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae) on Bischofia javanica Blume (Euphorbiaceae) in New forest, Dehradun, India. Indian Forester, [S.l.], p. 550-551.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Histia flabellicornis (Fabricius, 1775) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/histia-flabellicornis, accessed 2025/01/21.