Taxonomic Information
Laspeyria Germar, 1810 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Laspeyria castaneiceps (Hampson, 1896) (Corgatha). Sri Lanka (TL).
Laspeyria excisa (Hampson, 1894). (Corgatha). India: Manipur (TL).
Laspeyria olivata (Hampson, 1902). (Corgatha). India: Sikkim (TL), Assam.
Laspeyria ruficeps (Walker, 1864) (Thermesia). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka; Sarawak, Borneo (TL).
Laspeyria viridicincta (Hampson, 1898) (Zethes). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Laspeyria ruficeps -
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Thermesia ruficeps Walker, 1864. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 7: 187. (Syntypes: Borneo, Sarawak, BMNH, Oxford).Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35036#page/197/mode/1up
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 41/22 as Corgatha ruficeps.
- 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. Pl 9/12-13.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Korea0606/80_Noctuidae/Sophta%20ruficeps/Sophta%20ruficeps.htm [accessed 24 April 2020]
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/12_BOLETOBIINAE/13_Laspeyria/Laspeyria%20ruficeps/Laspeyria%20ruficeps.htm
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/480619-Laspeyria-ruficeps
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=774235 [accessed 24 April 2020]
Note: Its is likely the specimen codes cq899, cr115 and cr116, all from NE India, represent a different species of Laspeyria and have the following differences from traditional ruficeps from peneninsular India: wings heavily tinged with pink, forewing more deeply excised near apex and not evenly curved, but oblique in the middle, and the antemedial being broader than ruficeps.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Laspeyria ruficeps (Walker, 1864) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/laspeyria-ruficeps, accessed 2025/01/21.