Taxonomic Information
Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe, 1893 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Chrysocraspeda abhadraca (Walker, 1861). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Chrysocraspeda conspicuaria Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chrysocraspeda dysmothauma Prout, 1932. Mizoram. TL: Borneo.
Chrysocraspeda faganaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
Chrysocraspeda fulviplaga Swinhoe, 1905. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Chrysocraspeda gibbosa Warren, 1896. India: Tezpore, Assam.
Chrysocraspeda iole (Swinhoe, 1892). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam; Nepal.
Chrysocraspeda marginata (Warrren, 1897). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chrysocraspeda mitigata (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Chrysocraspeda olearia (Guenée, 1858). India: "North India", Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Sikkim.
Chrysocraspeda permutans (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, The plateau, 6700ft.
Chrysocraspeda perpicta Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chrysocraspeda plumbeofusa Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji).
Chrysocraspeda sanguinea Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Chrysocraspeda subangulata Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Chrysocraspeda tristicula (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Chrysocraspeda volutaria ISwinhoe, 1886). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Hyria olearia Guenée, 1857. In Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. Nat. Insectes (Spec, gen Lepid.). 9:430. TL: N India. (type is a female).
- Chrysocraspeda cerasina Swinhoe, 1893. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6 (12), pg. 157. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613545#page/171/mode/1up
- FBI, Hampson vol 3, # 3920, page 444. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38931062#page/480/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro Lep. World. Vol. 12, Pg. 160.Pl. 15g, row 3. (for female).
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337029-Chrysocraspeda-olearia
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Chrysocraspeda olearia (Guenée, [1858]) – . 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/chrysocraspeda-olearia, accessed 2026/01/27.