Taxonomic Information
Ctenoplusia Dufay, 1970 species known from the Indian subcontinent (Twinkle et al 2020).
Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremer & Grey, 1853). India: Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia chalcopasta (Hampson, 1912). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia indica (Ronkay, 1986). Karnataka.
Ctenoplusia furcifera (Walker, [1858]). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal. ; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenee, 1852). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,Sikkim; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia placida (Moore, [1884]). India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia mutans (Walker, 1865). India: Arunachal Pradesh, S. India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia tarassota (Hampson, 1913). India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,West Bengal,Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Ctenoplusia kosemponesis (Strand, 1920). N. India, Karnataka; Nepal.
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Similar species: Ctenoplusia tarassota (Hampson, 1913).
Moths of Laos, Vol. 25, pg. 173, Pl. 87: 16 for tarassota.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/855984-Ctenoplusia-tarassota
Similar spp. with pinkish suffusion is C. tarassota, but the fasciae & gamma marks are different.
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| Total | 2 |
- Plusia mutans Walker, 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 33: Pg 839. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/839/mode/1up?view=theater
- Twinkle, T., Shashank, P.R. and Chattopadhyay, P.C., 2020. DNA barcoding and Taxonomic account on some selected species of subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from India. Zootaxa, 4845(4), pp.zootaxa-4845. Fig 22
- Dactyloplusia mutans; 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. Pl. 37/44.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. pg. 173, Pl. 87: 15
- http://npc.iari.res.in/plusiinae/index.php/species-page/2-uncategorised/21-ctenoplusia-mutans-walker-1865
- https://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/43/0c/27.html
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/861724-Ctenoplusia-mutans
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ctenoplusia mutans (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ctenoplusia-mutans, accessed 2025/11/22.