Taxonomic Information
Eight species of Hypopyra Guenee, 1852 are known from India. They are very variable, and are best identified by upperside and underside details.
Hypopyra burmanica (Hampson, 1913). Myanmar.
Hypopyra feniseca Guenée, 1852. Nepal, India.
Hypopyra meridionalis (Hampson, 1913). Sri Lanka, S. & C. India.
Hypopyra ossigera Guenée, 1852. C. India.
Hypopyra pudens Walker, 1858. India.
Hypopyra spermatophora (Hampson, 1913). Assam.
Hypopyra unistrigana Guenée, 1852. India.
Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787). India. Western Ghats.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Hypopyra vespertilio -
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| Total | 1 |
Hypopyra vespertilio Fabricius, (1787): Albizia lebbeck (Fabaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 554 as Spirama vespertilio.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Catocalinae/Hypopyra_vespertilio.html [accessed 12 June 2017]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypopyra_vespertilio
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787) – . 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/hypopyra-vespertilio, accessed 2025/04/23.