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, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
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: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Hypena mandatalis Walker, [1859]. India: Karnataka, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Hypena mediana Moore, 1882. India: Parisnath, Jharkhand.
Hypena minor Hampson, 1891. 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. India: S. & W. India, Maharashtra (TL: "Poona"), Nilgiris.
Hypena olivaceoides Poole, 1989. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena olypea (Swinhoe, 1918). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Hypena ophiusoides Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena perdricipennis Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena persimilis Hampson, 1891. India:S. India, Nilgiris.
Hypena phecomalis Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Hypena quaesitalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena rhombalis Guenée, 1854. India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
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. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena uniformoides Poole, 1989. India: Meghalaya.
Hypena varialis Walker, [1866]. Indian subregion.
Hypena vestita (Moore, [1885]). India; Sri Lanka.
Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798) is provisionally identified as it has numerous forms.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Crambus strigatus Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 467; TL: India Orientali. Text at https://archive.org/details/CUbiodiversity1243236/page/467/mode/1up
- Hypena rectivittalis Moore, 1867; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 84; TL: Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/84/mode/1up?view=theater (pale form)
- Hypena beatalis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 120, f. 19; TL: Africa meridionalis. Plate at https://archive.org/details/umdieerdeindenja03akad/page/n316/mode/1up?view=theater (dark form)
- Hypena minna Butler, 1879; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 3: 59, pl. 55, f. 12; TL: Japan, Yokohama. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft03brituoft/page/59/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft03brituoft/page/n134/mode/1up?q=minna
- Hypena speculalis Swinhoe, 1885; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885: 472, pl. 28, f. 8; TL: Bombay. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/472/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/n533/mode/1up
- Hypena vecordialis Swinhoe, 1885; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885: 472, pl. 28, f. 10; TL: Bombay. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/472/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/n533/mode/1up
- Moths of Thailand, Vol 3 pt 2, pg 40 & Pl 4 fig 31-33
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/07_Hypeninae/4461_Hypena_strigatus/Hypena_strigatus.htm
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/hypeninae/hypeninae_4_2.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.21. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hypena-strigatus, accessed 2026/05/22.