Taxonomic Information
Hypochrosis Guenée, [1858] species in India vide Kirti et al (2019).
Hypochrosis abstractaria (Walker, [1863]). India: E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Hypochrosis amaurospila Yazaki, 1995. Nepal.
Hypochrosis baenzigeri Inoue, 1982. India: Assam.
Hypochrosis binexata (Walker, [1863]). India: Assam.
Hypochrosis flavifusata (Moore, 1888). India: E. Himalaya.
Hypochrosis hyadaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Himalayas, S. India.
Hypochrosis iris (Butler, 1880). India: E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Hypochrosis pyrrhophaeata (Walker, [1863]). India: E. Himalaya.
Hypochrosis sternaria Guenée, [1858]. India: E. Himalaya.
Hypochrosis venusa Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
- OD: Phoenix iris Butler, 1880; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 6 (32): 122; TL: Darjeeling at http://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof561880lond#page/122/mode/1up [accessed 02 April 2018]
- 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. 171, # 3153.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. MON Pl. 100/24 as Phoenix iris
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=413742 [accessed 02 April 2018]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hypochrosis iris (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/hypochrosis-iris, accessed 2025/11/06.