Taxonomic Information
Nola analis (Wileman & West, 1928), Nola internella (Walker, 1864), Nola pascua (Swinhoe, 1885), Nola quadrimaculata Heylaerts, 1892. These individuals could be any of these four species, all of which have a similar fascia and are found in India. They are best separated by examining specimens and/or genitalia.
List of Nola Leach, 1815 known from India (vide Joshi et al. 2019):
Nola analis (Wileman and West, 1928) (Celema). India: South India; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Nola angulata (Moore, 1888) (Roeselia). India: NW Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Nola astigma Hampson, 1894. India: (West Bengal, Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland.
Nola atrocincta Inoue, 1998. India: Sikkim; Nepal.
Nola cingalesa (Moore, 1882). India: Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris; Sri Lanka.
Nola cretacea (Hampson, 1901) (Celama). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, South India; Nepal.
Nola defreina László, Ronkay and Witt, 2010. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Eastern Himalaya; Central Nepal.
Nola duplicilinea (Hampson, 1900) (Celama). India: Sikkim, NE Himalaya; Nepal.
Nola endotherma (Hampson, 1918) (Celama). India: Meghalaya.
Nola erythrostigmata Hampson, 1894. India: NE Himalaya, Assam; Bhutan.
Nola euryzonata (Hampson, 1900) (Celama). India: Mizoram.
Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866) (Minnagara). India: Sikkim, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, NE Himalaya; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Nola fraterna (Moore, 1888) (Roeselia). India: Himachal Pradesh, NW Himalaya, Himalaya, Andaman Is.
Nola fuscantea (van Eecke, 1920) (Celama). India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Nola infralba Inoue, 1976. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Nola internella (Walker, 1864) (Pisara). India: West Bengal, Maharashtra, Nilgiris; Bhutan; Sri Lanka.
Nola lucidalis (Walker, 1864 [1865]) (Pisara). India: Sikkim, Indian Subregion; Sri Lanka.
Nola marginata Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himalaya; Bhutan.
Nola mesomelana (Hampson, 1900) (Celama). India: Sikkim, NE Himalaya.
Nola mesosticta (Hampson, 1900) (Neonola). India: Sikkim, Indian Subregion; Sri Lanka.
Nola negrita Hampson, 1894. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Nola ochrolopha (Hampson, 1911) (Celama). India: Sikkim, NE Himalaya.
Nola pascua (Swinhoe, 1885) (Roeselia). India: Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Nola polia Hampson, 1900 (Celama). India: Sikkim.
Nola pumila Snellen, 1875. India: Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Nilgiris.
Nola quadrimaculata Heylaerts, 1892. India: NE Himalaya, South India.
Nola sikkima (Moore, 1888) (Roeselia). India: Sikkim, West Bengal; East Nepal.
Nola spinivesica Holloway, 2003. India.
Nola spreta Butler, 1880. India: Nilgiris, Nagaland, Assam.
Nola suffusa (Hampson, 1900) (Celama). India: Sikkim.
Nola taeniata Snellen, 1875. India: Punjab, West Bengal, Indian sub-region; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Myanmar.
Nola thyrophora (Hampson, 1914) (Pisara). North India; Bhutan; Myanmar.
Nola wernerthomasi László, Ronkay and Witt, 2010. India: Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
See references below:
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/nolinae/nolinae_14_8.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244416-Nola-analis for analis
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199523-Nola-quadrimaculata for quadrimaculata
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1115039-Nola-pascua for pascua
- Joshi, R., Singh, N. and Laszlo, G.M., 2019. An updated Checklist of subfamily Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(3), pp.263-281. Lists Nola analis, quadrimaculata, pascua and internella from India.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Nola internella-analis complex NA – . 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/nola-internella-analis-complex, accessed 2026/02/15.