Taxonomic Information
List of Schistophleps Hampson, 1891 species known from India.
Schistophleps bipuncta (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Karnataka, Naga Hills, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Schistophleps hyalinata Kirti & Gill, 2008. India: Karnataka (TL).
Schistophleps kendricki Rayhan, Bucsek, & Jahan, 2024. Bangladesh (TL: Chittagong); India: West Bengal.
Schistophleps pentoveinlata Kirti & Gill, 2008. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Schistophleps kendricki Rayhan, Bucsek, & Jahan, 2024 differs from Schistophleps bipuncta Hampson and Schistophleps pentoveinlata Kirti & Gill, in having the antemedial line on fore-wings connecting to the inner margin almost at a right angle.
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| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
- Schistophleps bipuncta Hampson, 1891. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 54, pl. 140, f. 23; TL: Madras, Nilgiri Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/54/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/n156/mode/1up?view=theater.
- 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. 125, # 1492, Fig. 80.
- Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126045-Schistophleps-bipuncta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Schistophleps bipuncta (Hampson, 1891) – . 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/schistophleps-bipuncta, accessed 2025/11/03.


