Taxonomic Information
Dichagyris Lederer, 1857 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Dichagyris antevolans Gyulai, 2021. Nepal.
Dichagyris flammatra (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775). India.
Dichagyris herculea (Corti & Draudt, 1933). N. India; Nepal.
Dichagyris himalayensis Turati, 1933. Himalayas.
Dichagyris kautti Varga, 1996. Himachal Pradesh.
Dichagyris ochrocosta Gyulai, 2021. Bhutan.
Dichagyris refulgens (Warren, 1909). Kashmir; Tibet.
Dichagyris sugii Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. Nepal.
Dichagyris stentzi (Lederer, 1853). India; Nepal; Pakistan.
Dichagyris triangularis (Moore, 1867). India; Nepal; Bhutan.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Dichagyris flammatra -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Noctua flammatra Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 80; TL: Vienna region. Text at https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NeRAAAAAcAAJ/page/n85/mode/1up?view=theater (in German).
- Agrotis basiclavis Walker, [1857]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 10: 346; TL: "Hindostan". Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1012brit/page/346/mode/1up?view=theater
- Kapur, A.P. & Arora, G.S., 1967. Taxonomic studies on some Indian species of the genus Agrotis Ochsenheimer and allied genera (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 65(1-4), pp.89-166.Pg. 119.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 144/13.
- Komal, J., Shashank, P.R., Sondhi, S., Madan S., Sondhi, Y., Meshram, N.M., Anooj, S.S. 2021. Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Delhi, India: An illustrated checklist based on museum specimens and surveys. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e73997. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e73997. Fig. 23b.
- http://www.pieris.ch/seiten/main.php?page=art&art=noct_flammatra
- https://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/BasisFlamm.htm
- http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/d/dichagyris_flammatra.html
Note: Dichagyris herculea (Corti & Draudt, 1933), known from N. India and Nepal is best separated by comparing genitalia and/or molecular phylogeny.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Dichagyris flammatra (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – . 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/dichagyris-flammatra, accessed 2025/11/12.