Hypsopygia nonusalis (Walker, 1859) -

Taxonomic Information

Hypsopygia Hübner, 1825 species known from the Indian subcontinent (Singh et al. 2022)
Hypsopygia albidalis (Walker, 1866). India: Maharashtra (Pune). 
Hypsopygia albolinealis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL). 
Hypsopygia atomosalis (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL). 
Hypsopygia aurocilialis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL). 
Hypsopygia bractealis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka (TL). 
Hypsopygia flammealis (Hampson, 1906). India: Karnataka (Bellary), Tamil Nadu (Chennai) (TL). 
Hypsopygia fuscalis (Hampson, 1891).  India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL). 
Hypsopygia igniflualis (Walker, 1859).  Sri Lanka (TL).
Hypsopygia ignefimbrialis (Hampson, 1906. India?
Hypsopygia marthalis (Walker, 1859). S. India: Kerala, Karnataka. 
Hypsopygia medialis (Hampson, 1903). India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (TL). 
Hypsopygia nigrivitta (Walker, 1863). India: NE India, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.
Hypsopygia nonusalis (Walker, 1859). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur; Sri Lanka. 
Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833). India; Nepal; Bhutan. 
Hypsopygia ochreicilia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (TL). 
Hypsopygia pellucidalis (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Hypsopygia postflava (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka (TL). 
Hypsopygia purpureorufa (Hampson, 1917). India: Karnataka (Belgaum), Tamil Nadu (Chennai: TL). 
Hypsopygia pernigralis (Ragonot, 1891). India: Bihar, West Bengal, Nilgiris; Nepal. 
Hypsopygia regina (Butler, 1879). Myanmar. 
Hypsopygia sericea Warren, 1891. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal (TL). 
Hypsopygia subolivescens (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL). 
Hypsopygia subviridescens (Warren, 1895). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL). 
Hypsopygia suffusalis (Walker, 1866). N. India. 

Based on Hampson (1896) and Nuss et al. (2022) at http://globiz.pyraloidea.org

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
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Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1
Total11
  1. Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Pg. 909-910. TL: Sarawak, Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/213193#page/123/mode/1up
  2. Pyralis tenuis Butler, 1880b: 681–682. Type locality: China, Formosa [Taiwan]
  3. Pyralis imbecilis Moore, 1885. Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol. 3. Pg. 264 Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/286/mode/1up
  4. Pyralis incongrua Butler, 1886. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
  5. Pg. 383, pl. 35, fig. 5. Type locality: India, Kala Pani. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30829643#page/479/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30829629#page/450/mode/1up
  6. Herculia hansi Rose & Dhillon, 1980. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 294–298, figs 1–7. Type locality: India, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, Chambaghat. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44708216#page/330/mode/1up
  7. Herculia imbecilis; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 160. Treats Pyralis incongrua as a synonym.
  8. Herculia tenius; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 160.
  9. Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859 in Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, as a synonym of Tegulifera faviusalis.
  10. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/543848-Hypsopygia-nonusalis

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Hypsopygia nonusalis (Walker, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hypsopygia-nonusalis, accessed 2025/06/30.