Calletaera subexpressa (Walker,1861) -

Taxonomic Information

Calletaera Warren, 1895 species known from India. 
Calletaera subexpressa (Walker, 1861). Uttarakhand, NE India, Karnataka, Maharshtra, Kerala; Nepal. 
Calletaera obliquata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Calletaera postvittata (Walker, 1861). Indian subregion.

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
Karnataka1
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram1
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal
Total12121
  1. Acidalia subexpressa Walker, 1861. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 23: 773.
  2. Macaria ruptaria Walker, 1861, Ibid. 23: 937.
  3. Jiang, N., Xue, D. and Han, H., 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa, 3856(1), pp.073-099. Fig. 39-41 for subexpressa.
  4. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Eutoeini/eutoeini_1_1.php
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/550212-Calletaera-subexpressa

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Calletaera subexpressa (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/calletaera-subexpressa, accessed 2025/04/25.