Papuacola costalis (Moore, 1883) -

Taxonomic Information

Papuacola Hampson, 1926 species known from India. 
Papuacola costalis (Moore, 1883) (Acharya). India: Andaman Is. (TL), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Papuacola gemina (Fabricius, 1794) (Hyblaea). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1
  1. Acharya costalis Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883: 28, pl. 6, f. 10; TL: Andaman Is. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen83zool/page/28/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen83zool/page/n73/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Leptotroga armstrongi Tams, 1935; 228, pl. 8, f. 8-9; TL: Samoa, Upolu, Malololelei
  3. Holloway, J. F. 2005. Moths of Borneo 15 & 16: Noctuidae Catocalinae Malayan Nature J. 58 (1-4) : 1-529. Pg. 149, Pl. 6/21. 
  4. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/costalis.html
  5. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=224763
  6. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_i/miscellaneousi_7_3.php
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1143564-Papuacola-costalis

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Papuacola costalis (Moore, 1883) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/papuacola-costalis, accessed 2025/08/11.