Taxonomic Information
Hypena Schrank, 1802 species known from the Indian subregion.
Hypena abducalis Walker, [1859]. India.
Hypena abnormalis Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka.
Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854. N. India.
Hypena aenescens Hampson, 1907. S. India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena albifusa Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena albisigna (Moore, 1882). India: Meghalaya.
Hypena assimilis Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena castanealis Moore, 1867. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena castaneipalpis Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Hypena colombana Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena conscitalis Walker, [1866]. India.
Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Hypena daria Swinhoe, 1891. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena denticulata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena detersalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena divaricata Moore, 1882. India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Hypena duplicilinea Hampson, 1895.India: Sikkim.
Hypena elongalis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Nilgiris.
Hypena extensa Walker, [1866]. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena externa Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena gonospilalis Walker, [1866]. Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena griseapex Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena griseipennis Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Hypena hamata Hampson, 1895. India: Naga Hills.
Hypena iconicalis Walker, [1859]. Indian subregion.
Hypena irrota (Wileman & South, 1917). Sikkim.
Hypena jocosalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka; S. India.
Hypena jugalis Walker, [1859]. E. Himalaya.
Hypena labatalis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena laceratalis Walker, [1859]. Indian subregion.
Hypena lacessalis Walker, [1859]. N. India.
Hypena laxia Swinhoe, 1891. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena lignealis Walker, [1866]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796). Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena longipennis Walker, [1866]. India.
Hypena mandatalis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena mediana Moore, 1882. India: Parisnath, Jharkhand.
Hypena minor Hampson, 1891. India: India: Nilgiris.
Hypena molpusalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka.
Hypena narratalis Walker, [1859]. N. India.
Hypena nigrescens (Moore, 1881). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Hypena nocturnalis Swinhoe, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]. Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena obductalis Walker, [1859]. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka.
Hypena obstupidalis Swinhoe, 1885. (Pune, Nilgiris) S. & W. India.
Hypena olivaceoides Poole, 1989. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena olypea (Swinhoe, 1918). Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Hypena ophiusoides Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena perdricipennis Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena persimilis Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena phecomalis Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena quaesitalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena rhombalis Guenée, 1854. India.
Hypena rivula Hampson, 1907. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Hypena robustalis Snellen, 1880. India.
Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758). N. India.
Hypena rufirena Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.
Hypena similata Moore, 1882. N. India.
Hypena sinuisigna Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Hypena squamea Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798). Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena strigifascia Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypena strigosa Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena surreptalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena telamonalis Walker, [1859].E. Himalaya.
Hypena tortuosa Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). Meghalaya.
Hypena umbripennis Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena uncipennis Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Hypena uniformis Hampson, 1891. Nilgiris.
Hypena uniformoides Poole, 1989. India: Meghalaya.
Hypena varialis Walker, [1866]. Indian subregion.
Hypena vestita (Moore, [1885]). India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena cidarioides Moore, 1882 is a synonym of Dichromia indicatalis (Walker, [1859]).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Hypena rhombalis -
Similar extralimital species:
Hypena perspicua (Leech, 1900)
As Hypena rhombalis var. perspicua in Leech, 1900; 657; TL: China, Moupin; Omei-shan; Ichang; Ship-y-shan
http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=346368&photo_id=3e8928569254f779029a67ffc7c6a0c1
Moths of Thailand, Vol. 3, pg. 21, pl. 2/20. Not reported from India.
Hypena bicoloralis (Graeser, 1889)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/776549-Hypena-bicoloralis
This is a Siberian species.
Hypena rhombaloides Holloway, 2008
TL: Borneo
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/hypeninae/hypeninae_4_19.php
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- OD: Hypena rhombalis in Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Huitiéme. Deltoides et Pyralites Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 1-448, Atlas (Deltoides & Pyralides): Pl. 1-10.
- Hypena basistrigalis in Moore, 1867. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 84; TL: Cherra Punji; Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/84/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hypena veronica in Butler, 1889; 85, Pl. 133, fig. 17; TL: Dharmsala.
- 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. 83, #2943.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=1143542 [Accessed 12 March 2023]
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Hypena rhombalis Guenée, 1854 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hypena-rhombalis, accessed 2024/10/05.