Neodrymonia basalis (Moore, 1879) -

Subspecies in India

Neodrymonia basalis seriatopunctata (Matsumura, 1925). India: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Neodrymonia basalis basalis (Moore, 1879).  India: West Bengal, Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra (Sanjay Gandhi NP).

Taxonomic Information

Neodrymonia Matsumura, 1920 species found in India. 

Neodrymonia apicalis (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal
Neodrymonia basalis (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Neodrymonia elisabethae Holloway & Bender, 1985. India: Meghalaya; TL: Sumatra [Indonesia]. 
Neodrymonia canifusa (Hampson, 1896). India: Meghalaya. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Heterocampa basalis Moore, 1879; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 61; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/61/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Neodrymonia basalis; Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 118/9.
  3. Neodrymonia basalis seriatopunctata; Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. pg. 149, Pl. 72/9. 
  4. Chandra, K., Mazumder, A., Sanyal, A.K., Ash, A., Bandyopadhyay, U., Mallick, K. & A. Raha, A., 2018. Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 4505 (1): 1-84.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1263643-Neodrymonia-basalis

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Neodrymonia basalis (Moore, 1879) – . 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/neodrymonia-basalis, accessed 2025/04/23.