Taxonomic Information
Massepha Walker, 1859 species known from India.
Massepha absolutalis Walker, 1859. India: Punjab, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka; Bhutan.
Massepha ambialis Hampson, 1903. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL).
Massepha bengalensis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Kolkatta).
Massepha carbonalis (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL).
Massepha rufescens Hampson, 1912. India:Nilgiris
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Massepha absolutalis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
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| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
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| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 |
- OD: Massepha absolutalis Walker, 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 17: 489. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38951845#page/509/mode/1up
- Physematia pollutalis Snellen, 1880. Tijdschr. Ent. 23: 240, 27: pl. 4, f. 10. Text at https://archive.org/details/tijdschriftvoore23187980nede/page/240/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/tijdschriftvoore8384nede/page/n390/mode/1up?view=theater
- Moore, F. 1884-7. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3. pg 307
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. pg. 253, # 4766 & fig 151.
- Massepha marginalis Swinhoe, 1906. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. 17: 287. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63426#page/301/mode/1up
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/735826-Massepha-absolutalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Massepha absolutalis Walker, 1859 – . 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/massepha-absolutalis, accessed 2025/11/12.