Taxonomic Information
Callopistria Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878. India: Sikkim, Nilgiris.
Callopistria albistrigoides Poole, 1989. Sri Lanka.
Callopistria callopistrioides (Moore, 1881). India: Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Callopistria chlorocroa (Hampson, 1908). NE Himalaya.
Callopistria coelisigna Hampson, 1902. Sri Lanka.
Callopistria duplicans Walker, [1858]. India: Sikkim, Assam, Maharashtra. (Mumbai); Myanmar.
Callopistria exotica (Guenée, 1852). NE Himalaya.
Callopistria guttulalis Hampson, 1896 Sri Lanka; India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Callopistria indica (Butler, 1891). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Maharashtra; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka.
Callopistria juventina (Stoll, [1782]). India: Meghalaya.
Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827). India: Himachal Pradesh; “ Nilgiris”, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab.
Callopistria leucobasis (Hampson, 1908). India: Assam; Sri Lanka.
Callopistria maillardi maillardi (Guenée, 1862). India-Australian tropics; India: Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand.
Callopistria nivetacta (Warren, 1912). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Callopistria nephrostictoides Berio, 1973. Myanmar.
Callopistria minor Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris; Nepal.
Callopistria minuta Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Callopistria placodoides (Guenée, 1852). India-Australian tropics; India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Kerala.
Callopistria phaeogona (Hampson, 1908). India: Arunachal Pradesh?.
Callopistria pulchrilinea (Walker, 1862). India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tripura; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Callopistria rectisecta (Warren, 1912). India: Assam
Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858]. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Callopistria rivularis Walker, [1858]. India: "N. India", Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand; Indo-Australian tropics.
Callopsitria strigilineata Hampson, 1894. India: Sikkim.
Callopistria thalpophiloides (Walker, 1862). India: Andaman Is., Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Callopistria variegata (Swinhoe, 1895). India: Meghalaya.
Callopistria venata Leech, 1900. India: Meghalaya.
Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884. India: Tamil Nadu (Madras); Sri Lanka.
Mosara apicalis Walker, 1855, placed by Holloway in Callopistria, was suggested as possibly retained as Mosara, placed in the subfamily Aediinae by Yen & Wu (2009).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 3 | 2 |
- Cotanda indica Butler, 1891; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 8 (43): 76, pl. 9, f. 8; TL: Dharmsala. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof681891lond/page/76/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244752#page/519/mode/1up.
- 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. 256. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38953968#page/284/mode/1up
- Eriopus indica; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 536, f. 117. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/536/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 66, Pl. 16/36.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 307, Pl. 42/36.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1284358-Callopistria-indica
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Callopistria indica (Butler, 1891) – . 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/callopistria-indica, accessed 2025/08/11.