Taxonomic Information
List of Episteme Hübner, [1820] species known from India.
Episteme adulatrix (Kollar, [1884]). India.
Episteme distincta (Butler, 1875). India: Assam; Bangladesh.
Episteme nigripennis Butler, 1875. Sri Lanka.
Episteme maculatrix (Duncan & Westwood [1841]). India: Nagaland, Meghalaya.
Episteme macrosema (Jordan, 1912). Myanmar.
Episteme negrita (Hampson, 1894). Myanmar.
Episteme nipalensis (Butler, 1875). NW Himalayas, E. Himalayas; Nepal.
Episteme latimargo (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL), Karnataka, Assam.
Episteme vetula (Geyer, 1832). India: Meghalaya, Assam.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Episteme maculatrix (Duncan & Westwood [1841]): Buddleja sp. (Scrophulariaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Eusemia maculatrix Duncan & Westwood, 1841; Nat. Libr., Exotic Moths: 88, pl. 2, f. 3.
- 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 153, # 1562 as Eusemia maculatrix.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 58-1.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pg 140, pl 40/3-4.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/464057-Episteme-maculatrix
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Episteme maculatrix (Duncan & Westwood [1841]) – . 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/episteme-maculatrix, accessed 2025/11/10.