Taxonomic Information
List of Nyctemera Hübner, [1820], 1816 known from India.
Nyctemera (Arctata) arctata Walker, 1856, India (NE India, NW India, Sikkim, West Bengal).
Nyctemera (Coleta) coleta (Stoll, 1781), India (Assam, South India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Nagaland, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Kerala).
Nyctemera (Deilemera) carissima (Swinhoe, 1891), India (NE India, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh).
Nyctemera (Deilemera) hampsoni (Swinhoe, 1889), India (South India).
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) baulus (Boisduval, 1832), India (Andaman, Nicobar Islands).
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) cenis (Cramer, 1777), India (Indian Himalayas, Meghalaya).
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) lacticinia (Cramer, 1779), India (Coromandel, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, South India, Andamans, Throughout India, Chhattisgarh).
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) latistriga Walker, 1854, India (NE India, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Throughout India).
Nyctemera (Orphanos) adversata (Schaller, 1788), India (NE India, Meghalaya, Throughout India).
Nyctemera (Orphanos) tripunctaria (Linnaeus, 1758), India (East India (Assam)).
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
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| Meghalaya | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
Nyctemera coleta (Stoll, [1781]): Gynura spp. (Asteraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Phalaena (Geometra) coleta Stoll, [1781] in Cramer, P., 1779. Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen, Asia, Africa en America. 4 (26b-28)
- Holloway, J. D. 1988. The Moths of Borneo. Part 6. Arctiidae: Syntominae, Euchomiinae, Arctiinae, Aganainae (to Noctuidae). Online at https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/arctiinae/arctiinae-12-14.php [Accessed 29 August 2021]
- Smetacek, P. 2010. Subspecific status of the Southern Indian population of Nyctemera coleta (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(4): 835- 836. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2417.835-6
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=508730 [Accessed 29 August 2021]
- https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctiinae/Nyctemera/Nyctemera%20coleta/Nyctemera%20coleta%20Papua.htm [Accessed 29 August 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Nyctemera coleta (Stoll, [1781]) – . 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/nyctemera-coleta, accessed 2025/04/24.