Chrysorabdia bivitta (Walker, 1856) -

Taxonomic Information

Chrysorabdia Butler, 1877 species known from India.
Chrysorabdia aurantiaca Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya, Assam, Uttarakhand.
Chrysorabdia aurea Kishida, 2018. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Chrysorabdia bivitta (Walker, 1856). India: NW Himalayas, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Chrysorabdia viridata (Walker, 1864). India: Sikkim, Assam, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand.
Chrysorabdia falsaviridata Singh, Kirti, Zilli & Singh, 2024. India: West Bengal (TL: Rishop), Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Bangladesh; Myanmar. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh21
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh13
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand32
West Bengal1
Total24322
  1. Hampson, G. F. 1900. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the collection of the British Museum, pg. 183, pl. 23, f. 11.
  2. Singh, S., Kirti, J.S., Zilli, A. and Singh, N., 2024. Taxonomic review of Chrysorabdia Butler (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) from India, a complex genus of uniformly looking species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 27(2), p.102250.
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=541322  [accessed 4 sep 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Chrysorabdia bivitta (Walker, 1856) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/chrysorabdia-bivitta, accessed 2025/08/21.