Taxonomic Information
Purpurata Xue, Lu & Du, 2024 species from the Indian subcontinent.
Purpurata directa Xue, Lu & Du, 2024. India (TL)
Purpurata iopasalis (Walker, 1859). India.
Purpurata obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998. Nepal; India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Purpurata plagiatalis (Walker, 1859). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Purpurata shompen Singh & Ahmad, 2022. India: Great Nicobar Island.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Purpurata obfuscalis -
Diagnosis based on external morphology (Xue et al, 2024). Best confirmed by comparing genitalia.
Purpurata plagiatalis: Postmedial line of forewing punctiform between M2 and CuA2
Purpurata iopasalis: Postmedial line of forewing dentate or linear between M2 and CuA2. Postmedial line of hindwing punctiform between M2 and CuA2.
Purpurata shompen: Postmedial line of forewing dentate or linear between M2 and CuA2. Postmedial line of hindwing linear between M2 and CuA2.
Purpurata directa: Postmedial line of forewing dentate or linear between M2 and CuA2. Postmedial line of forewing linear between M2 and CuA2.
Purpurata obfuscalis: Postmedial line of forewing dentate between M2 and CuA2. Postmedial line of hindwing dentate between M2 and CuA2.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Kerala | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
- Pleuroptya obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998. MON Part 5, Pg. 106, Pl. 142/30.
- Patania clava (Extralimital) at Xu, D. and Du, X.C., 2016. A new species of Patania from the Hainan Island, China (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). ZooKeys, (614), p.129.
- Xue X-L, Lu X-Q, & Du X-C . (2024) The new genus Purpurata (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China. ZooKeys 1219: 175–194. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1219.131102
Note: Genus revised from Patania to Purpurata based on Xue et al, 2024 (Rayhan & Sondhi, 25 Jan 2024).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Purpurata obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998 – . 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/purpurata-obfuscalis, accessed 2025/11/03.