Taxonomic Information
Filodes Guenée, 1854 species known from India.
Filodes bilinealis Hampson, 1908. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Filodes fulvibasalis Hampson, 1899. India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Filodes fulvidorsalis (Hübner, 1832). Indian subcontinent.
Filodes mirificalis (Lederer, 1863). India: Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Filodes patruelis Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (TL: Kolkatta), Meghalaya (Shillong).
Filodes sexpunctalis Snellen, 1890. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, NW Himalaya, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Filodes sexpunctalis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 |
- Filodes sexpunctalis Snellen, 1890, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1890: 603, pl. 20, figs 6, 6a. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14679162#page/639/mode/1up
- Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, Pg. 297.
- MON Part 5, Pl. 125/14 is not Filodes sexpunctalis Snellen, 1890 but fulvidorsalis.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209544-Filodes-sexpunctalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Filodes sexpunctalis Snellen, 1890 – . 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/filodes-sexpunctalis, accessed 2025/11/03.