Hypopyra spp. Guenee, 1852 -

Taxonomic Information

Eight species of Hypopyra Guenee, 1852 are known from India. They are very variable, and are best identified by upperside and underside details. 

Hypopyra burmanica (Hampson, 1913). Myanmar.

Hypopyra feniseca Guenée, 1852. Nepal, India.

Hypopyra meridionalis (Hampson, 1913). Sri Lanka, S. & C. India. 

Hypopyra ossigera Guenée, 1852. C. India. 


Hypopyra pudens Walker, 1858. India.

Hypopyra spermatophora (Hampson, 1913). Assam. 

Hypopyra unistrigana Guenée, 1852. India. 

Hypopyra vespertilio (Fabricius, 1787). India. Western Ghats. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam11
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka3
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11221
Manipur1
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland2
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1211
Total132127416
Hypopyra spp.: Albizia lebbeck (Fabaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Hypopyra spp. Guenee, 1852 – . 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/hypopyra-spp, accessed 2025/04/24.