Taxonomic Information
Patania Moore, 1888 species from the Indian subcontinent
Patania balteata (Fabricius, 1798). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Patania caletoralis (Walker, 1859). N. India.
Patania characteristica (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Patania concatenalis (Walker, [1866]). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Patania costalis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Patania deficiens (Moore, [1886]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Patania flavispila (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Patania fraterna (Moore, [1886]). Sri Lanka.
Patania imbecilis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Patania jatingaensis (Rose & Singh, 1989). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Patania menoni (Kirti & Gill, 2007). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Patania mysisalis (Walker, 1859). India?
Patania palliventralis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim.
Patania ruralis (Scopoli, 1763). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Patania sabinusalis (Walker, 1859). India?
Patania scinisalis (Walker, 1859). Himalayas.
Patania ultimalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Patania verecunda (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Numerous species in Patania Moore, 1888 have now shifted to the genus Purpurata Xue, Lu & Du, 2024: Purpurata directa Xue, Lu & Du, 2024, Purpurata iopasalis (Walker, 1859), Purpurata obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998, Purpurata plagiatalis (Walker, 1859), Purpurata shompen Singh & Ahmad, 2022.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Patania characteristica -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 1 |
- OD: Gadessa characteristica Warren, 1896. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17: 103. TL: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61862#page/117/mode/1up
- 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. 311, # 4907 as a synonym of Dichocrocis megillalis.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl 125/20. As Pleuroptya characteristica.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/910399-Pleuroptya-characteristica
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patania_characteristica
Similar species: Dichocrocis megillalis (Walker, 1859) that lacks the dark wedge-shaped marking on the forewing.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/869854-Dichocrocis-megillalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Patania characteristica (Warren, 1896) – . 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/patania-characteristica, accessed 2025/11/11.