Taxonomic Information
The Barsipennis phaeodonta species-group
Barsipennis joshii (Volynkin & Cerný, 2019). India: Meghalaya (TL: Nokrek N.P, Garo Hills), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu.
Barsipennis meyi (Volynkin & Cerný, 2019). Myanmar.
Barsipennis phaeodonta (Hampson, 1911). India: Sikkim, West Bengal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Barsipennis phaeodonta (Hampson, 1911)
Externally, B. joshii (Figs 5–8) can be distinguished from its closest relatives B. phaeodonta
(Figs 1–4) and B. meyi (Figs 9, 10) by its thicker subbasal strokes, slightly thicker antemedial line, slightly thicker medial line being less curved and well separated from the antemedial line, dot-shaped discal spot (that is more or less comma-shaped in B. phaeodonta and B. meyi), more sharp postmedial line with shorter dens (in B. phaeodonta and B. meyi that is diffuse and has longer dens), larger subterminal spots on veins, and weaker dark suffusion on hindwing.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1292404-Ovipennis-phaeodonta
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Barsine joshii Volynkin & Cerný, 2019; Ecol. Montenegrina 21: 74; TL: NE.India, Assam, Meghalaya, Garo Hills, Nokrek National Park, 25°40N, 91°04E, 1150m.
- Volynkin, A.V. and Černý, K., 2019. A review of the Barsine phaeodonta (Hampson, 1911) species-group, with descriptions of four new species from Indochina and India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 21, pp.70-79.
- Volynkin, A.V., Huang, S.Y. & Ivanova, M.S., 2019. An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex. Ecologica Montenegrina, 26, pp.14-92. Fig. 23-24.
- Huang, S.Y., Volynkin, A.V., Miao, Z.P., Tan, S.Y., Wang, M. and Fan, X.L., 2021. Molecular phylogeny and classification of Nudariina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) with emphasis on the genera Barsine Walker, Ammatho Walker and Ovipennis Hampson. Systematic Entomology, 46(4), pp.1045-1059. For generic placement.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/992512-Ovipennis-joshii
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Barsipennis joshii (Volynkin & Cerný, 2019) – . 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/barsipennis-joshii, accessed 2026/01/31.