Syntypistis sporadochlorus (Bryk, 1949) -

Taxonomic Information

Notes: This species belongs to the Syntypistis parcevirens group. Provisionally identified as Syntypistis sporadochlorus (Bryk, 1949) by A. Schintlmeister (pers. comm. Sanjay Sondhi). Syntypistis sporadochlorus was previously considered a junior synonym of S. parcevirens (Schintlmeister 2008). The two species are best separated by examining male genitalia.

List of Syntypistis Turner, 1907 species known from India.
Syntypistis chambae (Kiriakoff, 1970). India (Himachal Pradesh); Pakistan.
Syntypistis comatus comatus (Leech, 1898). India (NW India, Uttarakhand, NE India, Maharashtra); Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal.
Syntypistis fasciata (Moore, 1879). India (West Bengal, Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra, Andaman Islands); Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan.
Syntypistis jupiter (Schintlmeister, 1997). India (NE India); Myanmar.
Syntypistis pallidifascia pallidifascia (Hampson, 1892). India (Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra, S India. Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Syntypistis perdix perdix (Moore, 1879). India (West Bengal, NE India); Myanmar; Nepal.
Syntypistis subgeneris subgeneris (Strand, 1916). India (NE India).
Syntypistis umbrosa (Matsumura, 1927). India (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland); Myanmar, Nepal; Pakistan,
Syntypistis viridipicta (Wileman, 1910). India (Sikkim, NE India); Myanmar; Nepal.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Syntypistis sporadochlorus -


Notes: This species belongs to the Syntypistis parcevirens group. Provisionally identified as Syntypistis sporadochlorus (Bryk, 1949) by A. Schintlmeister (pers. comm. Sanjay Sondhi). Syntypistis sporadochlorus was previously considered a junior synonym of S. parcevirens (Schintlmeister 2008). The two species are best separated by examining male genitalia.

Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh (Tale WLS). Elsewhere: N. Myanmar (Schintlmeister, 2008). Neither S. parcevirens nor S. sporadochlorus have been listed in the Indian Notodontidae catalogue (Chandra et al., 2018). While S. sporadochlorus is recorded from N. Myanmar, both species occur sympatrically in Vietnam as per by A. Schintlmeister (pers. comm. Sanjay Sondhi).
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh121
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1211
  1. Stauropus sporadochlorus Bryk, 1949. In: Bryk, 1950. Ark. Zool. 42A, no 19: 24. TL: Myanmar.  
  2. Stauropus parcevirens de Joannis, 1929. Ann. Soc. Ent. France. 98. Pg. 455. As a junior synonym of Syntypistis sporadochlorus.
  3. Chunsheng, W. and Chenglai, F., 2003. A review of the genus Syntypistis Turner in China (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Kun Chong xue bao. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 46(3), pp.351-358.
  4. Schintlmeister, A. 2008. Palaearctic Macrolepidoptera Vol. 1 Notodontidae. Apollo Books. 480 pp., 40 pls.
  5. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Pg. 8, Image 110.

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Syntypistis sporadochlorus (Bryk, 1949) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/syntypistis-sporadochlorus, accessed 2024/03/29.