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Calyptra orthograpta (Butler, 1886)
Calpe orthograpta Butler, 1886; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 6: 25, pl. 107, f. 2; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft06brituoft/page/25/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft06brituoft/page/n124/mode/1up
MON Pl. 89//3.
MOT Vol. 3, pg. 28, Pl. 3/21.
Sondhi et al 2021, Moths of Tale, Image 172.
Sondhi, 2024, Moths of India, pg. 154, Pl. 74/11.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/714852-Calyptra-orthograpta
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=127127
Bashir, A., Cui, Y., Dong, Y. and Yang, Z., 2025. Taxonomic Revision of Vampire Moths of the Genus Calyptra (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae) in Chinese Fauna. Insects, 16(5), p.534. Fig. 2/F-G.
SImilar species:
Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852).
MOT, Vol. 3, Pl. 3/23.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=20914
The FW is more deeply hooked in minuticornis, most individuals lack the white spot on FW and Calyptra orthograpta is darker brown.
Calpe orthograpta Butler, 1886; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 6: 25, pl. 107, f. 2; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft06brituoft/page/25/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft06brituoft/page/n124/mode/1up
MON Pl. 89//3.
MOT Vol. 3, pg. 28, Pl. 3/21.
Sondhi et al 2021, Moths of Tale, Image 172.
Sondhi, 2024, Moths of India, pg. 154, Pl. 74/11.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/714852-Calyptra-orthograpta
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=127127
Bashir, A., Cui, Y., Dong, Y. and Yang, Z., 2025. Taxonomic Revision of Vampire Moths of the Genus Calyptra (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae) in Chinese Fauna. Insects, 16(5), p.534. Fig. 2/F-G.
SImilar species:
Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852).
MOT, Vol. 3, Pl. 3/23.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=20914
The FW is more deeply hooked in minuticornis, most individuals lack the white spot on FW and Calyptra orthograpta is darker brown.