Taxonomic Information
Callyna Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Callyna contracta Warren, 1913. India: Sikkim, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh (Kulu).
Callyna costiplaga Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka; India: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.
Callyna jugaria Walker, 1858. India: Andaman Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal; Bangladesh.
Callyna melanosema Hampson, 1918. Sri Lanka, Inda: Kerala.
Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858. Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
Callyna mystica (Walker, 1858). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Myamnar.
Callyna semivitta Moore, 1882. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal; Myanmar.
Callyna siderea Guenée, 1852. Sri Lanka; India: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Callyna semivitta -
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Similar species: Callyna contracta Warren, 1913
In: Seitz A. (ed.): Die gross-Schmetterlinge des Indo-Australischen Faunengebietes 11: 196, Pl. 21g (Syntypes: Sikkim, Punjab, Kulu, NhM (BMNh), London).
MOT Vol. 3, Part 2. Pl. 39/16-17
Description of contracta separating it from semivitta mentioned in Seitz.
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Callyna semivitta Moore, 1882. Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 161; TL: Darjiling
- TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/161/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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. Bangkok, Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand. 625 pp., 55 pls. Pl. 39/15
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 253.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121829-Callyna-semivitta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Callyna semivitta Moore, 1882 – . 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/callyna-semivitta, accessed 2025/11/04.