Array ( [0] => Arunachal Pradesh [1] => Assam [2] => Meghalaya [3] => Sikkim [4] => Tamil Nadu [5] => Uttarakhand [6] => West Bengal )

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Noctuidae

Subfamily

Agaristinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Episteme Hübner, [1820] 1816

Type Species

Phalaena lectrix  Linnaeus, 1764

= Eusemia Dalman, 1825: 26 (TS: Phalaenae lectrix Linnaeus, 1764). Eusemia is a junior objective synonym of Episteme Hübner, [1820].

Species/Subspecies

Episteme nipalensis Butler, 1875 (Eusemia)

Type Locality

Nepal

= Eusemia dives Butler, 1881: 18, pl. 82, f. 4 (TL: Darjiling [Darjeeling, West Bengal, India]
= Eusemia westwoodi Kirby, 1897: 65 (TL: Assam)
= Eusemia nipalensis ab. clara Jordan, 1912: 4
= Eusemia nipalensis expansa Jordan, 1912: 4 (TL: Chien-Hoa, Tonkin; Than-moi (Vietnam))
= Eusemia nipalensis schana Jordan, 1912: 4 (TL: Thoungyen-Tai, Tenasserim (Malaysia))

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East, Western Ghats

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