Taxonomic Information
Syllepte Hübner, 1823 species known from the Indian subcontinent (Nuss et al 2022; Singh et al 2022).
Syllepte adductalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: "Nilgiris", Sikkim; Sri Lanka (TL).
Syllepte agraphalis Hampson, 1912. Bhutan; India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Sikkim, Assam.
Syllepte bipartalis Hampson, 1899. Indonesia (Laut: TL); India: Karnataka, Kerala.
Syllepte carbatinalis (Swinhoe, 1890) (Pramadea). India: Nagaland, Assam; Myanmar (TL).
Syllepte chalybifascia (Hampson, 1896). India: Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Kerala.
Syllepte cohaesalis (Walker, 1866) (Botys). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris).
Syllepte cometa (Warren, 1896) (Haliotigris). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Syllepte consimilalis (Lederer, 1863. India: Sikkim.
Syllepte denticulata (Moore, 1888). (Pramadea). NE India.
Syllepte distinguenda Hering, 1901. India: Meghalaya, Andaman Is.
Syllepte eriopisalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Meghalaya (TL: Cherrapunji), Sikkim, West Bengal.
Syllepte gastralis (Walker, [1866]) (Glyphodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Syllepte iophanes (Meyrick, 1894). (Notarcha). India: Kerala.
Syllepte lactiguttalis (Warren, 1896) (Arthriobasis). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Assam, Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Andaman Is.; Myanmar.
Syllepte leopardalis (Moore, 1888) (Botyodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Syllepte microsema Hampson, 1912. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka (TL).
Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894 India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh
Syllepte nigriscriptalis (Warren, 1896) (Notarcha). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Syllepte ochrotichroa Hampson, 1918. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Syllepte ogoalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Andamand & Nicobar Is.; Sri Lanka.
Syllepte picalis (Hampson, 1898) (Sylepta). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Syllepte paucistrialis (Warren, 1896)(Cyclarcha).India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills); Bhutan.
Syllepte pseudovialis Hampson, 1912. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Sikkim; Bhutan; Sri Lanka.
Syllepte ridopalis (Swinhoe, 1892) (Coptobasis). India: Assam; Myanmar.
Syllepte gastralis (Walker, [1866]) (Glyphodes). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Syllepte straminalis (Guenée, 1854) (Salbia). India: “Coromandel”, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Syllepte sellalis (Guenée, 1854) (Botys). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman Is.; Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet); Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Syllepte seminigralis (Warren, 1896) (Polycorys). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Syllepte syngonias Meyrick, 1939. Myanmar (TL).
Syllepte vanbraekeli Janse, 1935. India: India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam.
Syllepte venustalis Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong, Cherrapunji).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Sylepta chalybifascia Hampson, 1896. Fauna of British India Vol 4 pg 330, #4960. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124944#page/362/mode/1up
- Solis, M.A., Mally, R., Hayden, J.E. & Nuss, M. 2023. Revision of the type species of Syllepte Hübner and other spilomeline genera recently synonymized (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Zootaxa, 5389 (3), 343–361. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5389.3.3. For tribal placement in Agroterini. States that this species is misplaced in Syllepte.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1285077-Syllepte-chalybifascia
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Syllepte chalybifascia (Hampson, 1896) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/syllepte-chalybifascia, accessed 2026/05/17.