Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker, 1861) -

Taxonomic Information

Dysaethria Turner, 1911 species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Dysaethria flavistriga (Warren, 1901). NE Himalaya; Nepal. 
Dysaethria fulvihamata (Hampson, 1912). Sri Lanka. 
Dysaethria grisea (Warren, 1896). India.
Dysaethria lilacina (Moore, [1887]). S. India: Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka. 
Dysaethria nigrifrons (Hampson, 1896). Myanmar.
Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker, 1861). India: "Assam", Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, "Canara", Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka; Myanmar. 
Dysaethria rhagavata (Walker), Sri Lanka. NE India
Dysaethria rhagavolita Holloway, 1998. NE India?
Dysaethria scopocera (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka; S. India.
Dysaethria suisharyonis (Strand, 1916). Himalayas.
Dysaethria erasaria (Christoph, 1881). India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1
  1. Erosia quadricaudata Walker, 1861. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 23: 847. TL: "Canara". Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2224brit/page/847/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Erosia varisaria Walker, 1861; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 23: 848. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2224brit/page/848/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg 127, #3049 as Epiplema quadricaudata.  
  4. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/epipleminae/epipleminae_9_25.php
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=208347 [accessed 04 August 2021]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker, 1861) – . 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/dysaethria-quadricaudata, accessed 2025/04/24.