Calyptra pseudobicolor Bänziger, 1979 -

Taxonomic Information

Calyptra Ochsenheimer, 1816 species in Indian subcontinent based on Zaspel & Branham (2008)

Calyptra bicolor (Moore, 1883) (Calpe). Punjab, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal. 

Calyptra eustrigata (Hampson, 1926) (Calpe). Sri Lanka. 

Calyptra fasciata (Moore, 1882) (Calpe). West Bengal, Sikkim; Nepal. 

Calyptra fletcheri (Berio, 1956) (Calpe). Nepal. 

Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852). (Calpe). India; Sri Lanka; Nepal. 

Calyptra nyei Bänziger, 1979. Naga Hills.

Calyptra ophideroides (Guenée, 1852). Himachal Pradesh, Nepal. 

Calyptra orthograpta (Butler, 1886). (Calpe). India, Nepal. 

Calyptra imperalis (Grünberg, 1910). India. 

Calyptra parva Bänziger, 1979. Naga Hills. 

Calyptra pseudobicolor Bänziger, 1979. Sikkim. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Calyptra pseudobicolor -

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StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
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
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total11
  1. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae, pg 27, # 99, pl 3, fig 9
  2. Zaspel, J.M. & M. A. Branham (2008). World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae) Insecta Mundi 0047: 1-15.

Other Notes

Calyptra bicolor lacks hooked tornus. C. ophideroides (see "Similiar species" text under that species).

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Calyptra pseudobicolor Bänziger, 1979 – . 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/calyptra-pseudobicolor, accessed 2025/04/24.