
Taxonomic Information
Hypomecis Hübner, 1821 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Hypomecis arcearia (Sampson, 1902). India: Kashmir (Sindh Valley).
Hypomecis assimilis (Warren, 1902). India: Indian Himalaya.
Hypomecis biserrata (Hampson 1902). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu).
Hypomecis carinenta (Cramer, 1777). India: Tamil Nadu (Coromandel).
Hypomecis cineracea (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Hypomecis crasstrtigata (Christoph, 1881). India: North India.
Hypomecis diffusaria (Alberts, 1949). India: North India: Himachal Pradesh (Bashahr).
Hypomecis fasciata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), West Bengal (Kurseyong).
Hypomecis fulvosparsa (Hampson, 1895). India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hypomecis galucocincta (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Koksar), Himachal Pradesh.
Hypomecis infixaria (Walker, 1860). India: N. & S. India.
Hypomecis latifascia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, the plateau, 6700ft.
Hypomecis leucocyma (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Barra Larcha).
Hypomecis lioptilaria (Swinhoe, 1903). India: NE Himalaya, West Bengal.
Hypomecis oblivia (Prout, 1925). India: Assam, Meghalaya (Shillong,).
Hypomecis pallida (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, N Slopes, 3500ft and S slopes, 3000ft; Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Hypomecis paradaria (Moore, 1868). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Manipur, Sikkim.
Hypomecis polysticta (Hampson, 1902).
Hypomecis polystrota (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Rala), Punjab, Himachal Pradesh (Koksar).
Hypomecis procursaria (Walker, 1860), India.
Hypomecis ratotaria (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong, Cherrapunji).
Hypomecis reparata (Walker, 1860). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh. Hypomecis glochinophora (Prout, 1925) is a junior synonym of Hypomecis reparata (Walker, 1860).
Hypomecis separata separata (Walker, 1860). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
Hypomecis serratilinea (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong, Cherrapunji).
Hypomecis suasria (Guenee, 1858). India.
Hypomecis tamilensis Sato, 2016. Tamil Nadu (TL: Kalkad, Wild Life Sanctuary, Manjolai).
Hypomecis tetragonata (Walker, 1862). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypomecis transcissa (Walker, 1860). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharmsala), Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
Total | 1 |
- OD: Boarmia lioptilaria Swinhoe, 1903. Fasc. malayenses, 1: 91. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/214793#page/119/mode/1up
- Boarmia uoptilaria [sic] Swinhoe; Holloway, 1976: 82.
- Barlow, H.S. 1982. An introduction to the moths of S.E. Asia. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Pp. 305. Pg. 131, Pl/ 44/15. As Boarmia uoptilaria.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 35/23.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=396748
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/751142-Hypomecis-lioptilaria
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_38_3.php
- https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=1978519
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hypomecis lioptilaria (Swinhoe, 1903) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.83. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hypomecis-lioptilaria, accessed 2025/03/18.