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
Callopistria guttulalis -
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Callopistria guttulalis Hampson, 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 511.
- Yen, S. H., & Wu, S. 2009. Biota Taiwanica: Hexapoda: Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Eriopinae. National Sun Yat-Sen University & National Science Council. Pg. 25. Fig. 3G
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_22_11.php
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Eriopinae/Callopistria_guttulalis.html [accessed 10 February 2021]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202810-Callopistria-guttulalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Callopistria guttulalis Hampson, 1896 – . 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-guttulalis, accessed 2025/08/12.