Taxonomic Information
Sameodes Snellen, 1880 species known from India.
Sameodes abstrusalis (Moore, 1888). India: Kolkata, West Bengal.
Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852). Sri Lanka; Nepal; Myanmar; India.
Sameodes enderythralis Hampson, 1899. India: Sikkim.
Sameodes pictalis Swinhoe, 1895. India: Assam, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Sameodes peritalis Walker, 1859 is now treated as Epipagis peritalis (Walker, 1859).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Sameodes pictalis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 2 |
- OD:Sameodes pictalis Swinhoe, [1896]. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Pg. 303. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81045#page/325/mode/1up
- http://pyralids.plattenbaukasten.de/index.php?pictalis [accessed 29 July 2020]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/495364
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/50_PYRALOIDEA/Crambidae/63.9_Pyraustinae/Cotachena/Cotachena%20sp1/Cotachena%20sp1.htm [accessed 29 July 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Sameodes pictalis Swinhoe, [1896] – . 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/sameodes-pictalis, accessed 2025/11/01.