Taxonomic Information
Calyptra Ochsenheimer, 1816 species known from the Indian subcontinent based on Zaspel & Branham (2008) and Joshi et al. (2025).
Calyptra bicolor (Moore, 1883) (Calpe). India: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Calyptra eustrigata (Hampson, 1926) (Calpe). India; Sri Lanka.
Calyptra fasciata (Moore, 1882) (Calpe). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim; Nepal; Myanmar.
Calyptra fletcheri (Berio, 1956) (Calpe). India; Nepal.
Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852). (Calpe). India: Assam; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Calyptra nyei Bänziger, 1979. India: Naga Hills (TL).
Calyptra ophideroides (Guenée, 1852). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Calyptra orthograpta (Butler, 1886). (Calpe). India: Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Calyptra imperalis (Grünberg, 1910). India.
Calyptra parva Bänziger, 1979. India: Naga Hills (TL), Kerala.
Calyptra pseudobicolor Bänziger, 1979. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Calyptra bicolor and Calyptra pseudobicolor which has more produced FW apex, more prominent basal and ante-medial line on FW. Underside of FW outer area is orange-yellow (brownish fuscous in ophideroides) vide Hampson, 1894.
Calyptra with HW not yellow in India
Calyptra eustrigata (Hampson, 1926) (Calpe). Sri Lanka. MOT Vol 3, pl 3/22. Sri Lanka.
Calyptra fasciata (Moore, 1882). MOT Vol 3, pl 3/20. Chandra et al 2019. Pl. 117.11. MON Part 2, Pl. 49/20. West Bengal, Sikkim; Nepal.
Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852). MOT Vol 3, pl 3/23. Chandra et al 2019. Pl. 117.12. MON Part 2, Pl. 49/21. (incorrectly named as multicornis). India; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Calyptra parva Bänziger, 1979. MOT Vol 3, pl 3/24. Naga Hills.
Calyptra orthograpta (Butler, 1886). MOT Vol 3, pl 3/21. India, Nepal.
Calyptra imperalis (Grünberg, 1910). India. Close to C. minuticornis.
Calyptra with HW yellow
Calyptra bicolor (Moore, 1883). MOT Vol 3, pl 3/18. Chandra et al 2020. Pl. 117.10. MON Part 2, Pl. 49/17.
Calyptra pseudobicolor Bänziger, 1979. MOT Vol 3, pl 3/19
Calyptra ophideroides (Guenée, 1852). Chandra et al 2020. Pl. 117.13.
Calyptra fletcheri (Berio, 1956) (Calpe). MON Part 2, Pl. 49/18.
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| Total | 1 |
Calyptra ophideroides (Guenée, 1852): Prunus persica (Rosaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae. # 2646, pg 564.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo pl 136/20.
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=127122 [accessed 12 August 2016]
- Sekhon, K. C & J. Singh (2015). An Inventory of Family Noctuidae (Noctuidae:Lepidoptera) from Himachal Pradesh. International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS), 2015, Vol 2, No.6, 73-92.
- Zaspel, J.M. & M. A. Branham (2008). World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae) Insecta Mundi 0047: 1-15.
- Smetacek, P. 2008. Moths recorded from different elevation in Nainital district, Kumaon Himalaya, India. Bionotes 10(1):5 -15
- Wikispecies contributors. Calyptra ophideroides [Internet]. Wikispecies, ; 2008 Oct 5, 11:25 UTC [cited 2016 Aug 12]. Available from: https://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calyptra_ophideroides&oldid=545307.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Calyptra ophideroides (Guenée, 1852) – . 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/calyptra-ophideroides, accessed 2025/11/10.