Taxonomic Information
Nymphicula Snellen, [1880] species known from Indian subcontinent.
Nymphicula blandialis (Walker, 1859). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, West Bengal (Kolkatta), Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris), Kerala, Gujarat ; Sri Lanka (TL).
Nymphicula bombayensis (Swinhoe & Cotes, 1889). India: Mumbai (TL); Sri Lanka.
Nymphicula junctalis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL), W. Slopes 3000ft., Tamil Nadu.
Nymphicula mesorphna (Meyrick, 1894). Myanmar.
Nymphicula nigritalis (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Nymphicula patnalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Kolkata (TL), West Bengal.
Nymphicula trimacula (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL), W. Slopes 3000ft., Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Nymphicula junctalis (Hampson, 1891) differs from Nymphicula blandialis (Walker, 1859) in having a costal band to which the basal band, triangular medial patch and sub-apical and sub-marginal streak are all joined; all these markings have dark borders and are white suffused with black scales, except the marginal band, which is white. Five marginal spots instead of four.
Note: Shyam Ghate, Sandeep Ranade and Rajesh Prabhakar Mahajan’s image have five marginal spots, not four and may be N. junctalis.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Cataclysta blandialis Walker, 1859. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 17: 448. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1618brit#page/448/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 197 as Cataclysta blandialis.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/50_PYRALOIDEA/Crambidae/63.6_Acentropinae/80_Nymphicula/Nymphicula%20blandialis/Nymphicula%20blandialis.htm [accessed 05 September 2020]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/423546-Nymphicula-blandialis
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?blandialis [accessed 05 September 2020]
Note: Shyam Ghate, Sandeep Ranade and Rajesh Prabhakar Mahajan’s image have five marginal spots, not four and may be N. junctalis.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Nymphicula blandialis (Walker, 1859) – . 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/nymphicula-blandialis, accessed 2025/04/23.