Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882) -

Taxonomic Information

Note:  Revised genus to Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882) based on Volynkin et al. (2022). However, based on Volynkin et al. (2022), Arctelene arcuata is endemic to Sri Lanka; hence these species ID's need to be re-visited. 

List of Arctelene Kirti & Gill, 2008 known from India and Sri Lanka.
Arctelene neouncodes N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Karnataka.
Arctelene patnitopensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Jammu & Kashmir.
Arctelene rufescens Kirti & Gill, 2008. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
Arctelene rubricosa (Moore, 1878). India: Maharashtra, Karnataka. Arctelene uncodes Kirti & Gill, 2008 is a synonym. 
Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882). Endemic to Sri Lanka. 

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Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882): Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Lyclene arcuata Moore, 1882. Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 62, pl. 103, f. 5; TL: Ceylon, Pundaloya. Text at https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey02moor#page/62/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey02moor#page/n238/mode/1up.
  2. Cerny, K. & A. Pinratana. 2009. Moths of Thailand, Vol. 6, Arctiidae. 283 pp. Pl.19/169. 
  3. Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2016. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 2. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 214 pp. Pg. 101. 
  4. Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 49. 
  5. Volynkin, A.V. and Huang, S.Y., 2022. On the taxonomy of the genus Miltochrista Hübner with descriptions of five new species from India and China and notes on the genus Arctelene Kirti & Gill (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 58, pp.86-108. Revised genus to Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882). 
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/985194-Miltochrista-arcuata

Note:  Revised genus to Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882) based on Volynkin et al. 2022 on 29 Nov 2023 (SS). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Arctelene arcuata (Moore, 1882) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/arctelene-arcuata, accessed 2024/11/08.