Taxonomic Information
Petelia Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] species known from India.
Petelia albopunctata (Swinhoe, 1891)
Petelia delostigma Prout, 1932
Petelia distracta (Walker, 1860)
Petelia capitata (Walker, 1867)
Petelia fasciata (Moore, 1868)
Petelia immaculata Hampson, 1893
Petelia medardaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
Petelia riobearia (Walker, 1860)
Petelia paroobathra Prout, 1932
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Hyperythra riobearia Walker, 1860. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 20: 129. TL: Nepal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120012#page/387/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs., pg. 217, # 3277 as synonym of Dilinia vexillaria.
- Alana riobearia; Hampson, 1891. Ill. Het. Brit. Mus. 8: 27. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/37/mode/1up. Listed as a separate species from vexillaria.
- Petelia riobearia; Swinhoe 1894. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. Pg. 194. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50996#page/236/mode/1up
- Petelia riobearia; Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 8/7.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=274497
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1279340-Petelia-riobearia
Note: Image cr132 on Petelia spp. page is also Petelia riobearia.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Petelia riobearia (Walker, 1860) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Petelia-riobearia, accessed 2025/04/30.