Taxonomic Information
Etanna Walker, 1862 species known from India.
Etanna albisecta (Hampson, 1905) (Nanaguna). India: Meghalaya, Nagaland, Indian Subregion; Sri Lanka.
Etanna albonotata (Hampson, 1894) (Cletthara). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, NE Himalaya, West Bengal; Nepal.
Etanna basalis Walker, 1862. India; Sri Lanka.
Etanna binotata (Hampson, 1912) (Apothripa). India: Mizoram, Meghalaya, NE Himalaya; Sri Lanka.
Etanna breviuscula (Walker, 1863) (Nanaguna). India: Bihar, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nilgiris, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Etanna brunnea (Hampson, 1905) (Nanaguna). India: Meghalaya; Indo-Australian tropics.
Etanna iphida (Swinhoe, 1901) (Clettharra). India: Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Etanna basalis -
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Etanna basalis in Walker, 1862; J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 119; TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed06linn/page/119/mode/1up?view=theater (for female).
- Listed as Andrapha basalis in Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1742. TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso35brit/page/1742/mode/1up?view=theater
- Listed as Dendrothripa atrifasciata in Hampson, 1896; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 4: 528; TL: Ceylon, Nawalapitiya. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths04hamp/page/528/mode/1up?view=theater
- Listed as Dendrothripa mackwoodi in Hampson, 1902; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (2): 211; TL: Ceylon, Colombo. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn14190203bomb/page/211/mode/1up?view=theater.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/sarrothripini/sarrothripini_1_1.php [Accessed 13 Jan 2023]
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261pp. + 45 pls. Plate Pl. 25/60-61.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sarr/basalis.html [Accessed 13 Jan 2023]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355731-Etanna-basalis [Accessed 13 Jan 2023]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Etanna basalis Walker, 1862 – . 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/etanna-basalis, accessed 2025/11/12.