Taxonomic Information
Herminia Latreille, [1802] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Herminia kurokoi Owada, 1987. Sri Lanka.
Herminia cidaroides (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL).
Herminia decipiens (Hampson, 1898). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis), Nilgiris.
Herminia duplexa Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Herminia duplicinota (Hampson, 1895). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh (Shimla, Dharmsala), Sikkim.
Herminia erecta (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim.
Herminia erythropoda (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan.
Herminia innocens Butler, 1879. India: Assam, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh.
Herminia palumbina Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharmsala), Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Ladakh.
Herminia producta (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka (TL).
Herminia relata (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL).
Herminia saccharivora (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharmsala).
Herminia undulata (Moore, 1882). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Kerala, Nilgiri hills.
Herminia yuksam Owada & Wu, 2019. India: West Sikkim (TL: Yuksam).
Herminia diffusalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka (TL).
Herminia timonalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka (TL)
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species known from India: Herminia innocens Butler, 1870
Polypogon innocens (Butler, 1870)
Herminia innocens Butler, 1870; Ill. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 3: 63, pl. 56, f. 10; TL: Yokohama. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46938770#page/87/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46938818#page/137/mode/1up
Herminia innocens Butler, 1870. Moths of Japan, Vol. 2, Pl. 226/32-33.
Herminia innocens; Owada, 1987, Nat. Sci. Mus. monogr. 2: 21, 134
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/959414-Herminia-innocens
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- Zanclognatha undulata Moore, 1882; Descr. Ind. Lep. Atk. 193; TL: Darjiling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/211/mode/1up.
- Herminia lineosa Moore, 1882; Descr. Ind. Lep. Atk. 193; TL: Darjiling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/211/mode/1up
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1345643-Herminia-undulata
- https://twmoth.tbri.gov.tw/peo/FBMothInfo/120768
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Herminia undulata (Moore, 1882) – . 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/herminia-undulata, accessed 2026/03/29.