Taxonomic Information
Platyja Hübner, [1823] species known from India.
Platyja ciacula Swinhoe, 1893. India: NE Himalaya.
Platyja minutipuncta Swinhoe, 1901. India: NE Himalaya.
Platyja umminia (Cramer, [1780]). Indo-Australian tropics.
Platyja umbrina (Doubleday, 1842). India: NE Himalaya.
Platyja exviola Hampson, 1891. S. India (TL: Nilgiris).
Platyja torsilinea (Guenée, 1852). India: NE Himalaya. Andaman Is.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Platyja ciacula -
Similar species: Platyja exviola Hampson, 1891. S. India (TL: Nilgiris).
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| Total | 1 | 3 |
- Platyja ciacula Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12:264.
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg. 540, # 2609.
- 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. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. pg. 129, pl. 17/7.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls.pg. 170, pl. 86/6.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_i/miscellaneousi_4_4.php
iNaturalist has this as Platyja torsilinea ssp. ciacula. I cannot find any references to support this treatment.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Platyja ciacula Swinhoe, 1893 – . 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/platyja-ciacula, accessed 2025/11/10.