Taxonomic Information
Egnasia Walker, [1859] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Egnasia accingalis Walker, [1859]. S. &. W. India, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Egnasia binorbiculata Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka.
Egnasia caduca (Swinhoe, 1885).India: Maharashtra (Pune).
Egnasia castanealis (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim, Naga Hills.
Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, [1859]. India: Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya, E. Himalaya; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka.
Egnasia faciata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Egnasia mesotypa Swinhoe, 1906.India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Egnasia ochrivena Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim (TL).
Egnasia participalis Walker, [1859]. Peninsular India; Sri Lanka.
Egnasia pictalis (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan.
Egnasia pulcherrima Butler, 1879. TL: Japan. India; Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Egnasia rectilineata Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya.
Egnasia sinuosa Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal.
Egnasia tenella Hampson, 1912. Myanmar.
Egnasia tripuncta Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Egnasia trogosema Hampson, 1926. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 |
- Egnasia tripuncta Swinhoe, 1895; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15 (85): 15; TL: Shillong. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof6151895lond/page/15/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. pg. 17.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pg. 75, pl. 116, f. 16.
- 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. 16/32.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Egnasia tripuncta Swinhoe, 1895 – . 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/egnasia-tripuncta, accessed 2026/04/08.