Taxonomic Information
Purpurata Xue, Lu & Du, 2024 species from the Indian subcontinent.
Purpurata directa Xue, Lu & Du, 2024. India (TL)
Purpurata iopasalis (Walker, 1859). India.
Purpurata obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998. Nepal; India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Purpurata plagiatalis (Walker, 1859). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Purpurata shompen Singh & Ahmad, 2022. India: Great Nicobar Island.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Purpurata plagiatalis -
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Diagnosis based on external morphology (Xue et al, 2024). Best confirmed by comparing genitalia.
Purpurata plagiatalis: Postmedial line of forewing punctiform between M2 and CuA2
Purpurata iopasalis: Postmedial line of forewing dentate or linear between M2 and CuA2. Postmedial line of hindwing punctiform between M2 and CuA2.
Purpurata shompen: Postmedial line of forewing dentate or linear between M2 and CuA2. Postmedial line of hindwing linear between M2 and CuA2.
Purpurata directa: Postmedial line of forewing dentate or linear between M2 and CuA2. Postmedial line of forewing linear between M2 and CuA2.
Purpurata obfuscalis: Postmedial line of forewing dentate between M2 and CuA2. Postmedial line of hindwing dentate between M2 and CuA2.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Botys plagiatalis Walker, 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 18: 673. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/703/mode/1up
- Hapalia (?) plagiatalis Moore, F. 1884-7. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3. Pg 337
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg 335 for plagiatalis synonymized under Sylepta iopasalis.
- Sterling, M.J. and Kendrick, R.C., 2011. Species of moth (Lepidoptera) new to Hong Kong, recorded during September and October 2010: Part 2, Pyraloidea. Hong Kong Entomological Society, 3, pp.9-15. Fig. 5 and 5a as Pleuroptya plagiatalis.
- Xue X-L, Lu X-Q, & Du X-C . 2024. The new genus Purpurata (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China. ZooKeys 1219: 175–194. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1219.131102
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/554985-Patania-plagiatalis
- https://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/MothInfo/A53-20160424-031
Note: Genus revised from Patania to Purpurata based on Xue et al, 2024 (Rayhan & Sondhi, 25 Jan 2024).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Purpurata plagiatalis (Walker, 1859) – . 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/purpurata-plagiatalis, accessed 2025/04/24.