Taxonomic Information
Giaura Walker, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Giaura leucophaea Hampson, 1905. India: Andaman Is.
Giaura lichenosa (Hampson, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis).
Giaura minor (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka.
Giaura multipunctata Swinhoe, 1919. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Assam.
Giaura niphea (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka.
Giaura niveidisca (Hampson, 1894). India: Assam; Myanmar (TL).
Giaura robusta (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Aruanchal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866]). India: Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka.
Giaura sceptica (Swinhoe, 1885). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Punjab, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Goa.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD : Symitha sceptica Swinhoe, 1885. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pg. 461, #109 & Pl. 27, fig 6. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697446#page/549/mode/1up. (not a good illustration).
- Clettharra sceptica; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. pg 385, #2244.
- Hampson, G. F. 1912. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum, Vol 11, pg. 283, #6571. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101549#page/309/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1912-1937. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 11, pg. 394 & fig 31c (not a good illustration).
- 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 26 c
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1123462-Giaura-sceptica
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Giaura sceptica (Swinhoe, 1885) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/giaura-sceptica, accessed 2026/03/31.