Taxonomic Information
Banisia Walker, 1632 species known from India and Sri Lanka are:
Banisia lobata ssp. ceylonensis Whalley, 1976.
Banisia lobata Moore, 1882
Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859)
Banisia fenestrifera Walker, [1864]
Banisia myrtaea (Drury, 1773)
The species are doubtfully separated by the formation and number of white spots on the forewing, as this spotting is variable, and in some individuals, might not be present at all. Hence, the only reliable means to separate them is through genitalia dissection and/or comparing DNA sequences.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
- Robinson, G.S., K.R.Tuck, M. Shaffer & K. Cook. 1994. The Smaller Moths of South-East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 308 pp., 51 figs., 32 pls. Pl 21/12 & 13.
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?banisia-myrtaea-drury-1773plate-71 [accessed 08 March 2021]
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?banisia-lobatamoore-1882plate-71 [accessed 08 March 2021]
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?banisia-fenestrifera-walker-1863-1864plate-7rts-4061 [accessed 08 March 2021]
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?banisia-myrsusalis-walker-1859eplate-7rts-404 [accessed 08 March 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Banisia spp. Walker, 1632 – . 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/banisia-spp, accessed 2025/04/23.