Taxonomic Information
Sypnoides Hampson, 1913 species known from the Indian subregion (Joshi et al, 2025).
Sypnoides curvilinea (Moore, 1867). India: “Bengal” (TL), Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh. .
Sypnoides cyanivitta (Moore, 1867). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh; Bangladesh; Nepal.
Sypnoides kirbyi (Butler, 1881). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Sypnoides latifasciata Berio, 1958. Bhutan.
Sypnoides mandarina (Leech, 1900). India: West Bengal, Sikkim.
Sypnoides malaisei (Berio, 1973). NE. Myanmar.
Sypnoides moorei (Butler, 1881). India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong).
Sypnoides pannosa (Moore, 1882). India: Nagaland, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Sypnoides prunosa (Moore, 1883). Nepal; India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu), West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim; Nepal.
Sypnoides pseudosabulosa (Berio, 1973). NE. Myanmar.
Sypnoides rectilinea (Moore, 1867). India: “Bengal” (TL); West Bengal, Nagaland.
Sypnoides rubrifascia (Moore, 1883). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sypnoides cyanivitta Moore, 1867: Rubus ellipticus (Rosaceae) (Bhanu P., 2021).
- Sypna cyanivitta Moore, 1867. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 70; TL: Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1867zool#page/70/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. pg. 448, # 2380. As Sypna cyanivitta.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 51/8-9.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 129.7.
Page citation
Bhanu, P. 2026. Sypnoides cyanivitta Moore, 1867 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/sypnoides-cyanivitta, accessed 2026/01/31.