Ravanoa xiphialis (Walker, 1859) -

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  1. Zebronia xiphialis Walker, 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 17: 483. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/483/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Zebronia bilineolalis Walker, [1866]; List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 34: 1350. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit?view=theater#page/1350/mode/1up
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.pg. 260, # 4782, Fig. 156. Treats bilineolalis as a synonym. 
  4. https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-31 for type specimen. 
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/474097-Ravanoa-xiphialis
Note: http://globiz.pyraloidea.org lists Ravanoa bilineolalis Walker, [1866] with type locality as Sri Lanka, as a distinct species.
Ravanoa bilineolalis Walker, [1866]. Moore, F. 1884–1887. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. L. Reeve, London. i–xvi, 1–578, pls 144–214. Pg. 284. Pl. 180/9.
https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-3166 for type specimen. 
We could not find any justification for treating Ravanoa bilineolalis as a distinct species; hence pending further investigation, treat Ravanoa bilineolalis as a junior synonym for Ravanoa xiphialis (Walker, 1859). 
 

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Anonymous 2024. Ravanoa xiphialis (Walker, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ravanoa-xiphialis, accessed 2024/04/25.