Taxonomic Information
Sarbanissa Walker, 1865 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Sarbanissa albifascia (Walker, 1865). India (TL: “Hindostan”); Myanmar.
Sarbanissa bala (Moore, [1866]). India (TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal), Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Myanmar.
Sarbanissa catacoloides (Walker, 1862). India: NE India, Uttarakhand; Nepal; Myanmar.
Sarbanissa insocia Walker, 1865. India (TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal), Arunachal Pradesh, “N. India”; Nepal.
Sarbanissa longipennis (Walker, 1865). Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet); India: Sikkim,.
Sarbanissa discoidalis Sugi, 1998. Nepal (TL).
Sarbanissa nepcha (Moore, 1867). India (TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal).
Sarbanissa poecila (Jordan, 1912). India: Sikkim (TL).
Sarbanissa subalba (Leech, 1890). Nepal; Myanmar.
Sarbanissa subflava (Moore, 1877). Nepal; Myanmar.
Sarbanissa transiens (Walker, 1856). India: NE Himalaya; Nepal; Myanmar.
Sarbanissa tricycla Sugi, 1993. Nepal (TL: Godhavari).
Sarbanissa venosa (Moore, 1879). India (TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Sarbanissa insocia Walker, 1865. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus. 33: 746.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 161, pl 94/1. Misspelt as Sarbanissa insolita.
- 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. Pg. 283, Pl. 38/18-19.
- Wei, F.H., Kishida, Y. & Wang, M., 2019. A review of the genus Sarbanissa Walker, 1865 in China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae). Zootaxa 4648 (2): 354–370. Fig. 2.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Sarbanissa insocia Walker, 1865 – . 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/sarbanissa-insocia, accessed 2025/11/05.