Macrobrochis splendens (Butler, 1877) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Macrobrochis Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] known from India. 
Macrobrochis albifascia (Fang, 1982), India (Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim). 
Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854), India (Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand). 
Macrobrochis pallens Hampson, 1894, India (NW Himalayas). 
Macrobrochis prasena (Moore, 1859), India (NW Himalayas, Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Manipur, Uttarakhand). 
Macrobrochis tibetensis (Fang, 1990), India (Arunachal Pradesh).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Macrobrochis splendens -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total11
  1. OD: Crambomorpha splendens Butler, 1877. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877: 357; TL: Bombay. Text at https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1877roya#page/357/mode/1up
  2. Paraona splendens Moore, 1878. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878: 8, pl. 1, f. 1. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen78zool#page/8/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen78zool#page/n41/mode/1up
  3. 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. 71, # 1323 as Paraona splendens.

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Macrobrochis splendens (Butler, 1877) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.50. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/macrobrochis-splendens, accessed 2023/06/07.