Array ( [0] => Assam [1] => Meghalaya [2] => Nagaland [3] => Sikkim )

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 vetula Geyer, 1832 (Heraclia)

Type Locality

Java (Indonesia)

= Eusemia bijugata Walker, 1862: 85 (TL: Borneo, Malaysia)
= Eusemia communicans Walker, [1865] 1864: 50 (TL: Cambodia)
= Eusemia irenea Boisduval, 1874: 84 (TL: Timor)
= Eusemia darocana Druce, 1894: 23 (TL: Mindanao (Philippines))
= Eusemia solicita Swinhoe, 1902: 495 (TL: Sandakan, Kina Balu (Malaysia))
= Eusemia vetula palavanica Jordan, 1912: 3 (TL: Palawan (Philippines))

Remarks

Worldwide three subspecies, <i>E. v. vetula</i> (TL: Java, Indonesia), <i>E. v. fasciatrix</i> (Westwood, 1848) (TL: Assam, India) and <i>E. v. communis</i> (Butler, 1875) (TL: Silhet [Sylhet, Bangladesh]).

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

Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East

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