Taxonomic Information
Xenochroa Felder, 1874 species known from India:
Xenochroa biviata (Hampson, 1905): India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Xenochroa careoides (Warren, 1912) (Aiteta). India: Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Xenochroa chlorostigma (Hampson, 1893) (Dabarita). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Xenochroa costiplaga (Swinhoe, 1893) (Carea). India: Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Xenochroa diagona (Hampson, 1912) (Carea). India: NE Himalaya; Bhutan.
Xenochroa dohora Kobes, 1997. India: Assam.
Xenochroa purpurea (Hampson, 1891). (Carea). India: Sikkim, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, S. India, NE Himalaya; Sri Lanka; Bhutan.
Xenochroa trilineata (Warren, 1912). (Carea). India: NE Himalaya, Meghalaya; Myanmar.
Xenochroa xanthia (Hampson, 1902). (Carea). India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, NE Himalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 5 |
- Carea xanthia Hampson, 1902. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14: 213 (Carea) (holotype: male, India, Sikkim, NhM (BMNh), London). Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn14190203bomb/page/213/mode/1up?view=theater
- Pseudelydna xanthia ab. xanthiana Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (1): 90. Text at https://archive.org/details/archivfurgeschic8214berl/page/n107/mode/1up?view=theater
- Pseudelydna xanthiana Gaede, 1937, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11: 426.
- Pseudelydna xanthia Hampson; Kobes, 1997: 145.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pg. 209, Pl. 29/5-6.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_6_31.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/371546-Xenochroa-xanthia
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Xenochroa xanthia (Hampson, 1902) – . 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/index.php/Xenochroa-xanthia, accessed 2025/11/10.