Taxonomic Information
Notes: This species belongs to the Syntypistis parcevirens group. Provisionally identified as Syntypistis sporadochlorus (Bryk, 1949) by A. Schintlmeister (pers. comm. Sanjay Sondhi). Syntypistis sporadochlorus was previously considered a junior synonym of S. parcevirens (Schintlmeister 2008). The two species are best separated by examining male genitalia.
List of Syntypistis Turner, 1907 species known from India.
Syntypistis chambae (Kiriakoff, 1970). India (Himachal Pradesh); Pakistan.
Syntypistis comatus comatus (Leech, 1898). India (NW India, Uttarakhand, NE India, Maharashtra); Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal.
Syntypistis fasciata (Moore, 1879). India (West Bengal, Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra, Andaman Islands); Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan.
Syntypistis jupiter (Schintlmeister, 1997). India (NE India); Myanmar.
Syntypistis pallidifascia pallidifascia (Hampson, 1892). India (Sikkim, NE India, Maharashtra, S India. Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Syntypistis perdix perdix (Moore, 1879). India (West Bengal, NE India); Myanmar; Nepal.
Syntypistis subgeneris subgeneris (Strand, 1916). India (NE India).
Syntypistis umbrosa (Matsumura, 1927). India (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland); Myanmar, Nepal; Pakistan,
Syntypistis viridipicta (Wileman, 1910). India (Sikkim, NE India); Myanmar; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Syntypistis sporadochlorus -
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Notes: This species belongs to the Syntypistis parcevirens group. Provisionally identified as Syntypistis sporadochlorus (Bryk, 1949) by A. Schintlmeister (pers. comm. Sanjay Sondhi). Syntypistis sporadochlorus was previously considered a junior synonym of S. parcevirens (Schintlmeister 2008). The two species are best separated by examining male genitalia.
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Stauropus sporadochlorus Bryk, 1949. In: Bryk, 1950. Ark. Zool. 42A, no 19: 24. TL: Myanmar.
- Stauropus parcevirens de Joannis, 1929. Ann. Soc. Ent. France. 98. Pg. 455. As a junior synonym of Syntypistis sporadochlorus.
- Chunsheng, W. and Chenglai, F., 2003. A review of the genus Syntypistis Turner in China (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Kun Chong xue bao. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 46(3), pp.351-358.
- Schintlmeister, A. 2008. Palaearctic Macrolepidoptera Vol. 1 Notodontidae. Apollo Books. 480 pp., 40 pls.
- 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(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Pg. 8, Image 110.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Syntypistis sporadochlorus (Bryk, 1949) – . 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/syntypistis-sporadochlorus, accessed 2025/04/24.