Taxonomic Information
Comibaena Hübner, [1823] species known from the India subcontinent.
Comibaena attenuata (Warren, 1896). Himalayas: Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Comibaena albimarginata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh.
Comibaena apicipicta Prout, 1912. India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Tibet.
Comibaena biplaga Walker, 1861.India: South India, Uttarakhand, NE Himalaya.
Comibaena cassidara (Guenée, [1858]). India: Assam, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Comibaena cenocraspis Prout, 1926. India; Myanmar.
Comibaena chalybeata Moore, 1868. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Comibaena delineata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim
Comibaena fuscidorsata Prout,1912. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram.
Comibaena integranota Hampson, 1893. India: Meghalaya (Khasis); Sri Lanka (Kelani Valley).
Comibaena nepalensis Yazaki, 2000. India: Sikkim (Dalapchand); Nepal (Godavari).
Comibaena pictipennis Bulter, 1880. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Comibaena quadrinotata Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra District, Dharmsala), Arunachal Pradesh.
Comibaena subhyalina (Warren, 1899). North India.
Comibaena striataria Leech, 1897. S. & W. India. Needs confirmation.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similiar species:Comibaena nepalensis Yazaka, 2000. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 2000. Moths of Nepal. Part 6. TINEA. Vol. 16 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 9, Pl. 162/1.
Han et al. (2012) state that validity of C. nepalensis, which is very similar externally to C. pictipennis, need to be re-examined.
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
- 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 496, # 4073 as Geometra pictipennis.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 4/16.
- Han, H. , A. C. Galsworthy & D. Xue. 2012. The Comibaenini of China (Geometridae: Geometrinae), with a review of the tribe. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 165, Issue 4, Pg. 723–772, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00826.x
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Comibaena pictipennis 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/index.php/comibaena-pictipennis, accessed 2025/11/05.