Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Hypopyrini > Hypopyra
Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787)
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Hypopyra vespertilio
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Hypopyra vespertilio Fabricius, (1787): Albizia lebbeck (Fabaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Roger Kendrick states that if yellow-orange below, then ossigera, if red then vespertillo.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/357305-Hypopyra-ossigera/browse_photos http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=456233 [accessed 12 June 2017] http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=560871 [accessed 12 June 2017]
Hypopyra species in Indian subcontinent
Hypopyra burmanica (Hampson, 1913). Myanmar
Hypopyra feniseca Guenée, 1852. Nepal, India.
Hypopyra meridionalis (Hampson, 1913). Sri Lanka, S. & C. India.
Hypopyra ossigera Guenée, 1852. C. India.
Hypopyra pudens Walker, 1858. India.
Hypopyra spermatophora (Hampson, 1913). Assam.
Hypopyra unistrigana Guenée, 1852. India.
Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787). India. Western Ghats.
Similar species: Hypopyra ossigeraRoger Kendrick states that if yellow-orange below, then ossigera, if red then vespertillo.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/357305-Hypopyra-ossigera/browse_photos http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=456233 [accessed 12 June 2017] http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=560871 [accessed 12 June 2017]
References:
- Hampson, G. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 554 as Spirama vespertilio.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Catocalinae/Hypopyra_vespertilio.html [accessed 12 June 2017]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypopyra_vespertilio
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Hypopyrini > Hypopyra
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2021. Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/356057/Hypopyra-vespertilio
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