Taxonomic Information
Syllepte Hübner, 1823 species known from the Indian subcontinent (Nuss et al 2022):
Syllepte adductalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). Sri Lanka.
Syllepte agraphalis Hampson, 1912. Bhutan; India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Syllepte bipartalis Hampson, 1899. Indonesia (Laut: TL); India: Karnataka.
Syllepte carbatinalis (Swinhoe, 1890) (Pramadea). Myanmar (TL).
Syllepte chalybifascia Hampson, 1896. India: Nagaland.
Syllepte cometa (Warren, 1896) (Haliotigris). Inida: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Syllepte denticulata (Moore, 1888). (Pramadea). NE India.
Syllepte eriopisalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Syllepte lactiguttalis (Warren, 1896) (Arthriobasis). India: Assam; Myanmar.
Syllepte leopardalis (Moore, 1888) (Botyodes). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Syllepte microsema Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka.
Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894. India: Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (TL).
Syllepte nigriscriptalis (Warren, 1896) (Notarcha). India: Assam.
Syllepte ochrotichroa Hampson, 1918. India: Assam, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Syllepte ogoalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). Sri Lanka.
Syllepte picalis (Hampson, 1898) (Sylepta). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Syllepte paucistrialis (Warren, 1896)(Cyclarcha). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Syllepte pseudovialis Hampson, 1912. Bhutan; Sri Lanka; India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Syllepte ridopalis (Swinhoe, 1892) (Coptobasis). Assam; Myanmar.
Syllepte gastralis (Walker, [1866]) (Glyphodes). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal (TL).
Syllepte straminalis (Guenée, 1854) (Salbia). India: “Coromandel”, Tamil Nadu (TL).
Syllepte sellalis (Guenée, 1854) (Botys). India; Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet).
Syllepte seminigralis (Warren, 1896) (Polycorys). India: Khasis, Meghalaya (TL).
Syllepte semivialis (Moore, 1888) (Patania). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal (TL).
Syllepte syngonias Meyrick, 1939. Myanmar (TL).
Syllepte venustalis Swinhoe, 1894. India: Shillong, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Syllepte nigriflava -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Total | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
- OD: Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 (14). Pg. 199. TL: Sikkim, Assam. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53354#page/221/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Page 335, # 4974.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Plate 125/19. As Pleuroptya nigriflava.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 31(Supp. 2): 1-53. Image #500.
Note: Genus level placement is uncertain. Terry Whitaker believes that this should be placed in Dichocrocis.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Syllepte nigriflava Swinhoe, 1894 – . 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/syllepte-nigriflava, accessed 2025/04/23.