Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854) -

Taxonomic Information

Macrobrochis Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] species known from India. 
Macrobrochis albifascia (Fang, 1982). India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim. 
Macrobrochis flavicincta Hampson, 1905. India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Macrobrochis albovenosa Černý, 2009. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim. 
Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854). India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand. 
Macrobrochis pallens Hampson, 1894. India: NW Himalayas: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dalhousie), Uttarakhand. 
Macrobrochis prasena (Moore, 1859). India: NW Himalayas, Sikkim (TL), Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Manipur, Uttarakhand. 
Macrobrochis tibetensis (Fang, 1990). India: Arunachal Pradesh.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Similar species: Macrobrochis staudingeri (Alpheraky, 1897)
Paraona staudingeri Alphéraky, 1897; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 9: 168, pl. 12, f. 8 ♀. TL: Korea. Text at https://archive.org/stream/mmoiressurlesl91897niko#page/168/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/mmoiressurlesl91897niko/page/n402/mode/1up
Paraona staudingeri; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 228. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/228/mode/1up
Macrobrochis staudingeri; Kishida, 1993, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 36, pl. 40, f. 5
MOT vol 6, pg. 122, pl 24/244. Lists distribution as India (?). 
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/931807-Macrobrochis-staudingeri
MON, Part 2, Pg. 36, Pl. 40/5. 
Sondhi, 2024, Moths of India, Pl. 63/67 as Macrobrochis staudingeri is an error. 
Macrobrochis staudingeri has only its collar as yellow-orange and its hind wing color is distinctly paler than ground color.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh15
Assam2
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh11
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka2
Kerala1131
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1
Maharashtra151
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand31
West Bengal2
Total12161031
  1. OD: Lithosia gigas Walker, 1854. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 494. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimens13brit/page/494/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs, pg 65 #1308.
  3. Arjun, C.P., Deepak, C.K. and Rajesh, T.P., 2020. Unusual aggregation of Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854) in southern India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, pp.78-80.

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854) – . 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/macrobrochis-gigas, accessed 2025/11/09.