Hypomecis spp. Hübner, 1821 -

Taxonomic Information

Hypomecis Hübner, 1821 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019). 
Hypomecis arcearia (Sampson, 1902). India: Kashmir (Sindh Valley). 
Hypomecis assimilis (Warren, 1902). India: Indian Himalaya. 
Hypomecis biserrata (Hampson 1902). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu). 
Hypomecis carinenta (Cramer, 1777). India: Tamil Nadu (Coromandel). 
Hypomecis cineracea (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand. 
Hypomecis crasstrtigata (Christoph, 1881). India: North India. 
Hypomecis diffusaria (Alberts, 1949). India: North India: Himachal Pradesh (Basahar). 
Hypomecis fasciata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), West Bengal (Kurseyong). 
Hypomecis fulvosparsa (Hampson, 1895). India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Hypomecis galucocincta (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Koksar), Himachal Pradesh.
Hypomecis infixaria (Walker, 1860). India: N. & S. India. 
Hypomecis latifascia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, the plateau, 6700ft. 
Hypomecis leucocyma (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Barra Larcha). 
Hypomecis lioptilaria (Swinhoe, 1903). India: NE Himalaya, West Bengal. 
Hypomecis oblivia (Prout, 1925). India: Assam, Meghalaya (TL: Shillong), Arunachal Pradesh.
Hypomecis pallida (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, N Slopes, 3500ft and S slopes, 3000ft; Tamil Nadu, Kerala. 
Hypomecis paradaria (Moore, 1868). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Manipur, Sikkim. 
Hypomecis polysticta (Hampson, 1902). 
Hypomecis polystrota (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Rala), Punjab, Himachal Pradesh (Koksar). 
Hypomecis procursaria (Walker, 1860). India. 
Hypomecis ratotaria (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong, Cherrapunji). 
Hypomecis reparata (Walker, 1860). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh. Hypomecis glochinophora (Prout, 1925) is a junior synonym of Hypomecis reparata (Walker, 1860). 
Hypomecis separata separata (Walker, 1860). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
Hypomecis serratilinea (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong, Cherrapunji). 
Hypomecis suasria (Guenee, 1858). India. 
Hypomecis tamilensis Sato, 2016. Tamil Nadu (TL: Kalkad, Wild Life Sanctuary, Manjolai), Kerala. 
Hypomecis tetragonata (Walker, 1862). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hypomecis transcissa (Walker, 1860). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharmsala), Uttarakhand.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh311
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala1111
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1111
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal1
Total11141224522
Hypomecis spp.: Pinus kesiya (Piinaceae), Vachellia nilotica, Bauhinia forficata, Dalbergia sissoo, Brachypterum scandens, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae), Carissa spinarum (Apocynaceae), Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae)?, Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae), Schleichera oleosa (Spindaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae), Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae), Aleurites sp., Hevea sp. (Euphorbiaceae), Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae), Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Hypomecis spp. Hübner, 1821 – . 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/hypomecis-spp, accessed 2025/10/27.