Taxonomic Information
Nordstromia Bryk, 1943 species known from India.
Nordstromia vira (Moore, [1866]) (Drepana). India: West Bengal, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Sikkim; NE Myanmar.
Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912) (Drepana). India: North India, Sikkim; North Myanmar.
Nordstromia argenticeps (Warren, 1922) (Albara), India: Sikkim, NE India; Nepal.
Nordstromia lilacina (Moore, 1888) (Drepana). India: NE India, NW India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Nordstromia simillima (Moore, 1888) (Drepana). India: NW India, Himachal Pradesh.
Nordstromia duplicata (Warren,1922) (Albara). India: NE Himalaya, Meghalaya.
Nordstromia humerata (Warren, 1896) (Albara). India: NE India, Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Nordstromia vira -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD:Drepana vira Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3) : 817; TL: Darjeeling. Text at http://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen65zool#page/817/mode/1up [accessed 20 December 2019]
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 342, # 739 as Drepana vira.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1 pl 1. fg 10
- Watson, A. 1968. The Taxonomy off the Drepaninae represented in China, with an account of their world distribution (Lepidoptera:Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement 12. Text. plate 3 fig.322
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Nordstromia vira (Moore, [1866]) – . 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/nordstromia-vira, accessed 2025/04/24.