Taxonomic Information
Syllepte Hübner, 1823 species known from the Indian subcontinent (Nuss et al 2022; Singh et al 2022):
Syllepte adductalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: "Nilgiris", Sikkim; Sri Lanka (TL).
Syllepte agraphalis Hampson, 1912. Bhutan; India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Sikkim, Assam.
Syllepte bipartalis Hampson, 1899. Indonesia (Laut: TL); India: Karnataka, Kerala.
Syllepte carbatinalis (Swinhoe, 1890) (Pramadea). India: Nagaland, Assam; Myanmar (TL).
Syllepte chalybifascia Hampson, 1896. India: Assam, Nagaland.
Syllepte cohaesalis (Walker, 1866) (Botys). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris).
Syllepte cometa (Warren, 1896) (Haliotigris). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Syllepte consimilalis (Lederer, 1863. India: Sikkim.
Syllepte denticulata (Moore, 1888). (Pramadea). NE India.
Syllepte distinguenda Hering, 1901. India: Meghalaya, Andaman Is.
Syllepte eriopisalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Meghalaya (TL: Cherrapunji), Sikkim, West Bengal.
Syllepte gastralis (Walker, [1866]) (Glyphodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Syllepte iophanes (Meyrick, 1894). (Notarcha). India: Kerala.
Syllepte lactiguttalis (Warren, 1896) (Arthriobasis). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Assam, Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Andaman Is.; Myanmar.
Syllepte leopardalis (Moore, 1888) (Botyodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Syllepte microsema Hampson, 1912. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka (TL).
Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894 India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh
Syllepte nigriscriptalis (Warren, 1896) (Notarcha). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Syllepte ochrotichroa Hampson, 1918. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Syllepte ogoalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Andamand & Nicobar Is.; Sri Lanka.
Syllepte picalis (Hampson, 1898) (Sylepta). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Syllepte paucistrialis (Warren, 1896)(Cyclarcha).India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills); Bhutan.
Syllepte pseudovialis Hampson, 1912. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Sikkim; Bhutan; Sri Lanka.
Syllepte ridopalis (Swinhoe, 1892) (Coptobasis). India: Assam; Myanmar.
Syllepte gastralis (Walker, [1866]) (Glyphodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Syllepte straminalis (Guenée, 1854) (Salbia). India: “Coromandel”, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Syllepte sellalis (Guenée, 1854) (Botys). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman Is.; Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet); Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Syllepte seminigralis (Warren, 1896) (Polycorys). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Syllepte syngonias Meyrick, 1939. Myanmar (TL).
Syllepte vanbraekeli Janse, 1935. India: India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam.
Syllepte venustalis Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong, Cherrapunji).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Syllepte sellalis (Guenée, 1854): Durio zibethinus, Pterocymbium tinctorium (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Botys sellalis Guenée, 1854. Delt. & Pyr. Pg. 330. TL: Sylhet. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37754#page/340/mode/1up (in French).
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.pg. 332, # 4964.
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 16/28.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572.Pl 1/23. Incorrectly identified as Patania verecunda.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337033-Syllepte-sellalis
- http://globiz.pyraloidea.org confirms placement as Syllepte sellalis.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Syllepte sellalis (Guenée, 1854) – . 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/syllepte-sellalis, accessed 2025/08/21.