Arichanna transectata (Walker, 1862) -

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

Arichanna transectata -

MOI-pqh856 MOI-pqh855

Similar species:

A. sparsa: FW ground colour grey

A. hamiltonia: abdomen banded.


http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=676355. From BS, the base of HW is greyish brown.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. OD: Rhyparia ? transectata Walker, 1862. List. Spec. Lepid. Ins. Colln Brit. Mus. 24:1112. TL: Indian Himalayas. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122745#page/650/mode/1up
  2. 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. Page 294 #3503.
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 34/15-16.
  4. Moths of Nepal. Plate 172/15-16.
  5. Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Plate 26/22.
  6. 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 285.

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Arichanna transectata (Walker, 1862) – . 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-transectata, accessed 2025/04/23.