Taxonomic Information
List of Episteme Hübner, [1820] species known from India.
Episteme adulatrix (Kollar, [1884]). India.
Episteme distincta (Butler, 1875). India: Assam; Bangladesh.
Episteme nigripennis Butler, 1875. Sri Lanka.
Episteme maculatrix (Duncan & Westwood [1841]). India: Nagaland, Meghalaya.
Episteme macrosema (Jordan, 1912). Myanmar.
Episteme negrita (Hampson, 1894). Myanmar.
Episteme nipalensis (Butler, 1875). NW Himalayas, E. Himalayas; Nepal.
Episteme latimargo (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL), Karnataka, Assam.
Episteme vetula (Geyer, 1832). India: Meghalaya, Assam.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Episteme nipalensis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 | 2 |
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pl. 40/1-2.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/05_NOCTUIDAE/08_AGARISTINAE/01_Episteme/Episteme%20nipalensis/Episteme%20nipalensis.htm
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Episteme nipalensis (Butler, 1875) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/episteme-nipalensis, accessed 2025/10/22.