Taxonomic Information
Adrapsa Walker, [1859] species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Adrapsa ablualis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka.
Adrapsa abnormalis Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong), Arunachal Pradesh.
Adrapsa albirenalis (Moore, 1867). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Adrapsa atratalis Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Adrapsa despecta (Walker, 1865). India; Sri Lanka.
Adrapsa geometroides (Walker, [1858]). India: Kerala; Sri Lanka.
Adrapsa nigella (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar.
Adrapsa scopigera (Moore, [1885]). Sri Lanka.
Adrapsa subapicalis (Moore, [1885]). Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Adrapsa ablualis Walker, [1859]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 170; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/170/mode/1up?view=theater. Description of male.
- Bocana titysusalis Walker, [1859]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 183; TL: Borneo, Sarawak. text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/183/mode/1up?view=theater. Better match, though inner line is not visible (though description mentions it is obsolete).
- 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. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pg. 25, Pl. 2/7.
- Ahmad, J., Shah, S. K., Mishra, P., Joshi, R. and N. Singh. 2023. New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India. Records zoological Survey of India: Vol. 123(1)/13-20. For male.
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Adrapsa_ablualis_En#Diagnosis
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/herm/ablualis.html
- https://www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-389520
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Adrapsa ablualis Walker, [1859] – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Adrapsa-ablualis, accessed 2025/09/26.

