Taxonomic Information
List of Speiredonia Hübner, [1823] species known from India.
Speiredonia alix (Guenée, 1852). India: India, Andamans.
Speiredonia cymosema (Hampson, 1926). India: Assam, Sikkim.
Speiredonia itynx (Fabricius, 1787). Sri Lanka; India: South India.
Speiredonia martabanica Holloway & Zilli, 2005. Myanmar.
Speiredonia mutabilis (Fabricius, 1794). Sri Lanka; India.
Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, [1780]). Sri Lanka; India.
Speiredonia substruens (Walker, 1858). India: North Hindustan.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Speiredonia cymosema -
Speiredonia cymosema : Large-sized chocolate-coloured species with broad wings and very crenulate termen. Both branches of "figure-3" postdiscal stigma highly crenulate, inferior one elongate vertically and thickened by black. (Zilli et al. 2005).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 |
- OD: Sericia cymosema Hampson, 1926. Descr. Gen. and Spec. Lepid. Br. Mus.: 121; TL: Assam. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne1926brit/page/122/mode/1up?view=theater
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Bangkok, Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand. 625 pp., 55 pls. Pl. 16:12
- Zilli, A., Holloway, J.D. and Hogenes, W., 2005. An overview of the genus Speiredonia with description of seven new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Aldrovandia, 1, pp.17-36. Fig. 17, 18.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Speiredonia cymosema (Hampson, 1926) – . 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/Speiredonia-cymosema, accessed 2025/11/12.