Taxonomic Information
Arctelene Kirti & Gill, 2008 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Arctelene neouncodes N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Karnataka (TL: Medikeri), Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand.
Arctelene patnitopensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Considered a synonym of Arctelene neouncodes (Singh et al 2024).
Arctelene rufescens Kirti & Gill, 2008. India: Karnataka (TL: Bhagmandala), Tamil Nadu.
Arctelene rubricosa (Moore, 1878). India: Maharashtra (TL: Mumbai), Goa, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Kerala, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Odisha, and Sikkim. Arctelene uncodes Kirti & Gill, 2008 is a synonym.
Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882). Endemic to Sri Lanka.
Arctelene brevisvalva S. Singh, Bhattacharya, N. Singh & Kirti, 2024. India: Goa (TL: Ponda),
Arctelene rajbanshi S. Singh, Bhattacharya, N. Singh & Kirti, 2024. India: West Bengal (TL: Panijhora).
Note: Revised genus to Arctelene rubricosa (Moore, 1878) based on Volynkin (2022).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Lyclene rubricosa Moore, 1878. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878: 30, pl. 3, f. 1; TL: Bombay. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/30/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater
- Lyclene ochracea Hampson, 1891. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 51, pl. 139, f. 26; TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/51/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/n154/mode/1up?view=theater
- Lyclene curvifascia Hampson, 1891. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 49, pl. 139, f. 17; TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/49/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/n154/mode/1up?view=theater for female.
- Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2016. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 2. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 214 pp. Pg. 100.
- Volynkin, A.V. and Huang, S.Y., 2022. On the taxonomy of the genus Miltochrista Hübner with descriptions of five new species from India and China and notes on the genus Arctelene Kirti & Gill (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 58, pp.86-108.
- Singh, S., Bhattacharya, S., Singh, N. and Kirti, J.S., 2024. Taxonomic treatment of the genus Arctelene Kirti & Gill 2008 (Erebidae: Arctiinae) with description of two new species from India. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, pp.1-11.
Note: Revised genus to Arctelene rubricosa (Moore, 1878) based on Volynkin (2022) on 29 Nov 2023 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Arctelene rubricosa (Moore, 1878) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/Arctelene-rubricosa, accessed 2025/04/23.