Taxonomic Information
Arichanna Moore, [1868] species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Arichanna albolineata Inoue, 1988. Nepal; India: Sikkim?.
Arichanna albovittata Moore, 1888. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Arichanna biquadrata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Arichanna commixta (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Arichanna consocia (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalayas.
Arichanna conspersa (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Arichanna diversicolor Warren, 1888).
Arichanna flavimeda (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim
Arichanna flavinigra Hampson, 1907. India: Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Arichanna furcifera Moore, 1888. India: India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Arichanna hamiltonia (Swinhoe, 1892). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Arichanna interplagata (Guenée, 1858). India: Central India.
Arichanna jaguarinaria (Oberthür, 1881). India: Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh.
Arichanna lapsariata (Walker, 1862). India.
Arichanna luciguttata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Arichanna maculata (Moore, 1867).
Arichanna marginata Warren, 1893. India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; Bhutan (TL); Nepal
Arichanna peniculifera Stuning, 2000. India: West Bengal (Hima falls, Darjeeling).
Arichanna plagifera Walker, 1866. India: North India.
Arichanna rubrifusa Hampson, 1907. India: Sikkim, Tibet border, Yatong.
Arichanna rubrivena Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Arichanna schnitzleri Stuning, 2000, Nepal; India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Arichanna sparsa (Butler, 1890). India: Himachal Pradesh ( Kangra District, Dharamsala), Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Arichanna subaenescens Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Arichanna subalbida Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Arichanna tenebraria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Arichanna tramesata Moore, 1868. India: Bengal.
Arichanna transectata (Walker, 1862). India: Himalayas.
Arichanna transfasciata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Arichanna violacea (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Arichanna schnitzleri Stüning, D. 2000. Additional notes on the Ennominae of Nepal with descriptions of eight new species (Geometridae), pp. 94-152. In: Moths of Nepal, Part 6. Tinea 16 (Supplement 1). Tokyo, The Japan Heterocerists’ Society. Pg. 130-131. Pl. 172/12-14.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.3, Pl. 73/7 & 12 (Erroneously identified as Arichanna albivertex).
- 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. Image 516.
Notes: Species ID reconfirmed by Dieter Stüning.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Arichanna schnitzleri Stüning, 2000 – . 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/arichanna-schnitzleri, accessed 2025/04/23.