Taxonomic Information
Arctornis Germar, 1810 species known from India:
Arctornis marginata (Moore, [1883]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Arctornis comma (Hutton, 1865). India: Uttarakhand (TL: Dehradun), Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra; Nepal.
Arctornis cygna (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal, Meghalaya.
Arctornis diaphora (Collenette, 1934). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Arctornis diaphana (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Arctornis divisa (Walker, 1855). Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet).
Arctornis lactea (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Arctornis I-nigrum (Müller, 1764). India: Assa, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Arctornis opalina (Collenette, 1951). Myanmar.
Arctornis pellucida (Swinhoe, 1903). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Arctornis rutila (Fabricius, 1781). India?
Arctornis sericea (Moore, 1877). India: Andaman Is. (TL: Port Blair).
Arctornis silhetica (Walker, 1865). Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet).
Arctornis submarginata (Walker, 1855). India: West Bengal; Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet).
Arctornis subvitrea (Walker, 1865). India.
Arctornis xuthocraspeda Collenette, 1938. India: Assam (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 2 |
- Leucoma diaphora Collenette, 1934; Novit. Zool. 39: 138, pl. 10, f. 21; TL: S of Linping. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi39lond/page/138/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi39lond/page/n198/mode/1up?q=diaphora
- Arctornis diaphora; Wang, Wahlberg, Holloway, Bergsten, Fan, Janzen, Hallwachs, Wen, Wang & Nylin, 2015, Cladistics 31 (6): 583. States placement in Arctornis needs investigation.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1561854-Arctornis-diaphora
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Arctornis diaphora (Collenette, 1934) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/arctornis-diaphora, accessed 2026/01/13.