Taxonomic Information
Hypochrosis Guenée, [1858] species in India vide Kirti et al (2019).
Hypochrosis abstractaria (Walker, [1863]). India: E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Hypochrosis amaurospila Yazaki, 1995. Nepal.
Hypochrosis baenzigeri Inoue, 1982. India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hypochrosis binexata (Walker, [1863]). India: Assam.
Hypochrosis flavifusata (Moore, 1888). India: E. Himalaya.
Hypochrosis hyadaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Himalayas, S. India.
Hypochrosis iris (Butler, 1880). India: E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Hypochrosis pyrrhophaeata (Walker, [1863]). India: E. Himalaya.
Hypochrosis sternaria Guenée, [1858]. India: E. Himalaya.
Hypochrosis venusa Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Hypochrosis hyadaria – Hypochrosis chlorozonaria : Hypochrosis hyadaria is treated at present as a single species complex with a large number of described sub-species ( Holloway [1994]; Scoble et al. 1999) distributed from India to large areas of S.E Asia and Malayan archipelago.Hypochrosis chlorozonaria Walker, 1861 described from Sri Lanka is treated as a related but distinct species. Both these species may be found flying together in Southern India. Genitalia dissection alone can differentiate the two.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Kerala | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Hypochrosis hyadaria Guenée, 1857, Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep., 10:537. Text at http://archive.org/stream/histoirenaturell10bois#page/537/mode/1up. TL: Inde central (presumably meaning Central India).
- 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. Pg 172, # 3154.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 12, #12.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Images 239-241
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Hypochrosini/hypochrosini_1_8.php
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/02_Ennominae/001_Hypochrosis/Hypochrosis%20hyadaria/Hypochrosis%20hyadaria.htm
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hypochrosis hyadaria complex Guenée, [1858] – . 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/hypochrosis-hyadaria-complex, accessed 2025/04/23.