Subspecies in India
Hydrelia sericea sericea (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hydrelia sericea pampesia Prout, 1938. India: Kashmir.
Taxonomic Information
Hydrelia Hübner, [1825] species known from India.
Hydrelia bicolorata (Moore, [1868]), India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydrelia cingulata Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim/Tibet border, Yatong, 10000ft.
Hydrelia crocearia Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia ferruginaria (Moore, 1867).
Hydrelia flavilinea (Warren, 1893). India: Tonglo or Tonglu, West Bengal.
Hydrelia lineata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia marginipunctata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia ornata (Moore, [1868]). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland; Nepal.
Hydrelia rhodoptera Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia rubraria Hampson, 1903. India: Sikkim/Tibet border, Yatong, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydrelia rufigrisea (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Hydrelia rufinota Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim, 12000ft.
Hydrelia sanguiflua Hampson, 1896. India: Yatong, Sikkim/Tibet border, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydrelia sericea (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hydrelia subobliquaria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hydrelia undulosata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Noreia sericea Butler, 1880, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 6: 225. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170450#page/239/mode/1up
- Butler, A. G. 1886. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, Part 6, Pg. 82, Pl. 119/8. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46938629#page/104/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46938674#page/149/mode/1up
- Xue, D. and Scoble, M.J., 2002. A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Entomology Series, 71(1), pp.77-133. Image 58 & 59.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 6/31.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 16.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Pg. 56, pl. 17/6.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=597188
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hydrelia sericea (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/hydrelia-sericea, accessed 2025/11/10.