Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858] -

Taxonomic Information

Callopistria Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878. India: Sikkim, Nilgiris. 
Callopistria albistrigoides Poole, 1989. Sri Lanka. 
Callopistria callopistrioides (Moore, 1881). India: Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal. 
Callopistria chlorocroa (Hampson, 1908). NE Himalaya. 
Callopistria coelisigna Hampson, 1902. Sri Lanka. 
Callopistria duplicans Walker, [1858]. India: Sikkim, Assam, Maharashtra. (Mumbai); Myanmar. 
Callopistria exotica (Guenée, 1852). NE Himalaya. 
Callopistria guttulalis Hampson, 1896 Sri Lanka; India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Callopistria indica (Butler, 1891). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Maharashtra; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka. 
Callopistria juventina (Stoll, [1782]). India: Meghalaya. 
Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827). India: Himachal Pradesh; “ Nilgiris”, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab. 
Callopistria leucobasis (Hampson, 1908). India: Assam; Sri Lanka. 
Callopistria maillardi maillardi (Guenée, 1862). India-Australian tropics; India: Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand. 
Callopistria nivetacta (Warren, 1912). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Callopistria nephrostictoides Berio, 1973. Myanmar. 
Callopistria minor Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris; Nepal. 
Callopistria minuta Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Callopistria placodoides (Guenée, 1852). India-Australian tropics; India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Kerala.
Callopistria phaeogona (Hampson, 1908). India: Arunachal Pradesh?. 
Callopistria pulchrilinea (Walker, 1862). India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tripura; Sri Lanka; Nepal. 
Callopistria rectisecta (Warren, 1912). India: Assam
Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858]. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal. 
Callopistria rivularis Walker, [1858]. India: "N. India", Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand; Indo-Australian tropics. 
Callopsitria strigilineata Hampson, 1894. India: Sikkim.
Callopistria thalpophiloides (Walker, 1862). India: Andaman Is., Karnataka; Sri Lanka. 
Callopistria variegata (Swinhoe, 1895). India: Meghalaya.
Callopistria venata Leech, 1900. India: Meghalaya. 
Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884. India: Tamil Nadu (Madras); Sri Lanka. 

Mosara apicalis Walker, 1855, placed by Holloway in Callopistria, was suggested as possibly retained as Mosara, placed in the subfamily Aediinae by Yen & Wu (2009). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1131
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1
Total12422
Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858]: Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae), Filicopsida (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. OD: Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 12: 865; TL: North India. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1012brit#page/865/mode/1up
  2. 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 255, # 1842 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo., Pl. 16/35.
  4. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_22_12.php [accessed 23 March 2020]
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=277831 [accessed 23 March 2020]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858] – . 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/callopistria-repleta, accessed 2025/08/11.