Nyctemera hampsoni (Swinhoe, 1889) -

Taxonomic Information

Genus placement revised from Paraplastis to Nyctemera by Dubatolov & Volynkin, 2017. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Nyctemera hampsoni -


Distinguished from Migoplastis correcta by the band on FW being distinct, unlike M. correcta in which it is indistinct.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala121
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1321
  1. Swinhoe, C. 1889. On new Indian Lepidoptera, chiefly Heterocera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1889 (4), 369–432, pls. 43–44. pg. 402, pl. 43, fig.2.
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. Moths 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs: pg. 44 , #1259 as Migoplastis hampsoni.
  3. Singh, N. and Singh, J., 2011. Redescription of Paraplastis hampsoni Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Tinea, 21(5), pp.241-244.
  4. Dubatolov, V.V. and Volynkin, A.V., 2017. On the systematic position of the genera Paraplastis Hampson, Migoplastis Felder and Dondera Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4358(2), pp.258-270.
  5. Museum Witt München::Virtuelle Sammlungen. http://www.insecta-web.org/cgi-bin/MWM/vk/dysplay_virt_koll.pl?id=864&fam=Arctiidae&t=t_entry [accessed 04 October 2016]

Note: Genus placement revised from Paraplastis to Nyctemera by Dubatolov & Volynkin, 2017. (Revised on MOI on 13 Jul 2023, Sondhi). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Nyctemera hampsoni (Swinhoe, 1889) – . 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-hampsoni, accessed 2025/04/24.