Taxonomic Information
Amyna Guenée, 1852 species known from India.
Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852). Indian subcontinent.
Amyna glaucoptera Hampson, 1910. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL).
Amyna leucoptera Hampson, 1910. India: Nilgiris (TL).
Amyna leucostriga Hampson, 1910. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala: TL).
Amyna monocampta Hampson, 1910. India: Sikkim (TL).
Amyna natalis (Walker, [1859]). Indo-Australian tropics.
Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794). Indo-Australian tropics.
Amyna renalis (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL).
Amyna stellata Butler, 1878. Indian subcontinent.
Note: Amyna axis, Amyna punctum, Amyna natalis and Amyna leucoptera, could all occur in S. India and are doubtfully separated from images; hence this individual (pnz495) is provisionally identified as A. punctum.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Amyna punctum -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Noctua punctum Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 34; TL: "India Orientali". Text at https://archive.org/details/entomologiasyst3fabr/page/34/mode/1up?view=theater (in French).
- Alamis spoliata Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1050; TL: Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1050/mode/1up?view=theater
- MON Part 5, pl 43/28.
- Seitz, A. (Ed). 1913. Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 11, pg. 272.
- Roger Kendrick PhD Plate 41/12 showing forewing shape more acute than axis.
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Amyna_punctum_En
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/punctum.html
Note: Amyna axis, Amyna punctum, Amyna natalis and Amyna leucoptera, could all occur in S. India and are doubtfully separated from images; hence this individual (pnz495) is provisionally identified as A. punctum.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794) – . 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/Amyna-punctum, accessed 2025/11/12.