Taxonomic Information
Cyana watsoni Hampson, 1897, Cyana moelleri (Elwes, 1890) and Cyana ariadne Volynkin & Černý, 2019 are very similar species that are almost inseparable based on external morphology. This individual is provisionally identified as Cyana moelleri (Elwes, 1890), based on its distribution in the E. Himalaya. Currently, Cyana moelleri (Elwes, 1890) is known from E. Himalaya (Sikkim, N. West Bengal) while Cyana watsoni Hampson, 1897 is known from NE India at Assam (Nameri) and Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji). Cyana ariadne Volynkin & Černý, 2019 is extralimital and known from North Thailand, North Vietnam and South East China (Singh et al 2021).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Cyana moelleri -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 |
- Bizone mölleri Elwes, 1890, Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 395. TL: “Sikkim".
- Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118. pg. 31, Fig. 80-83.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Cyana moelleri (Elwes, 1890) – . 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/Cyana-moelleri, accessed 2025/04/23.