Autoba silicula (Swinhoe, 1897) -

Taxonomic Information

Similar species is Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/665099-Eublemma-gayneri

http://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Eublemma_Gayneri [accessed 24 July 2021]

https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/BOLETOBIINAE/eublemma%20gayneri.htm.

All the markings on the African site, seem to show that the postmedial line in E. gayneri is oblique and straight from dorsum, then angled acutely to costa. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Autoba silicula -

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Autoba silicula (Swinhoe, 1897): Albizia lebbeck, Vachellia nilotica, Butea monosperma (Fabaceae), Alcea rosea, Gossypium (Malvaceae), Amaranthus, Suaeda maritima (Amaranthaceae), Sorghum bicolor, Cenchrus americanus (Poaceae), Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Loranthaceae)?, Lantana camara, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis (Lamiaceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Michelia champaca (Magnoliaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
  1. Eublemma silicula Swinhoe, 1897. Pg. 167; TL: [Pakistan] Karachi; [India] Hyderabad, Sind; Koni
  2. Autoba silicula saturata Warren, 1913. Gross-Schmett. Erde 11: 225; TL: Queensland
  3. http://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Autoba_Silicula_En [accessed 24 July 2021]
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/780663-Eublemma-silicula
  5. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/silicula.html [accessed 24 July 2021]
  6. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=50464
 Some authors, inlcuding iNaturalist list this as Eublemma silicula. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Autoba silicula (Swinhoe, 1897) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/autoba-silicula, accessed 2025/06/20.