Syntomini

Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Bisht, Santosh Singh & Param, Harsimranjeet Singh, 2021, A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5058 (1), pp. 1-118 : 90-99

Tribe Syntomini

Genus Amata Fabricius, 1807: 289

Type species: Zygaena passalis Fabricius, 1781

= Glaucopis Hübner, [1806] : [1].

= Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808:121 .

= Hydrusa Walker, 1854: 255.

= Asinusca Wallengren, 1862: 197.

= Buthysia Wallengren, 1863: 139.

601. Amata aurea ( Swinhoe, 1908) : 62

Type locality: Khasia hills

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Singh et al. 2014).

602. Amata aureola ( Swinhoe, 1902) : 78

Type locality: Khasia Hills

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Singh et al. 2014, Zerny 1912).

603. Amata bicincta (Kollar, [1844]) : 460

= Syntomis schoenerrhi (non Boisduval, partim) Horsfield & Moore, 1859: 323

Type locality: Himal [Himalaya or Himachal]

Distribution: Himalaya ( Kollar 1844), North West India, Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal (Kolkata) ( Zerny 1912), Arunachal Pradesh ( Arora et al. 1992), Punjab (Singh et. al., 2019)

604. Amata chlorocera ( Hampson, 1892) : 218

Type locality: Naga Hills

Distribution: Nagaland ( Singh et al. 2014).

605. Amata cingulata ( Weber, 1801) : 109

= Syntomis atereus (non Cramer) Walker, 1854: 128

= Syntomis annetta Butler, 1876: 347

Type locality: China

Distribution: India ( Obraztsov 1966), Andamans ( Arora 1980).

606. Amata compta ( Walker, 1869) : 89

Type locality: Khasia Hills

Distribution: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Uttar Pradesh (Banaras) ( Zerny 1912, Singh et al. 2014).

607. Amata congenita Hampson, 1918: 93

Type locality: Madras [Tamil Nadu, Gudalur], Nigiris, Ouchterloni Valley , 3,500 ft (Andrewes)

Distribution: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris, Shevaroys) ( Hampson 1918).

608. Amata cyssea Hampson, 1898: 105

= Zygaena collaris Fabricius, 1793: 388

= Syntomis schoenerrhi Boisduval, 1829: 112

= Syntomis cuprea Prittwitz, 1867: 277

= Syntomis cysseoides Butler, 1876: 346

Type locality: Not known

Distribution: Throughout Continental India ( Kirti & Gill 2008e), Himachal Pradesh (Kangra), Sikkim, West Bengal, Maharashtra ( Bombay), Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris, Coimbatore (Hampson 1898, Zerny 1912), Meghalaya (Shillong), [Bihar] (Pusa), Karnataka (Coorg) ( Fletcher 1925).

609. Amata divisa divisa ( Walker, 1854) : 131

Type locality: Silhet

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong), Sikkim ( Zerny 1912), Guwahati ( Fletcher 1925), Nagaland ( Kirti et al. 2013e).

609a. Amata divisa sikkima (Strand, 1917) : 81

= Syntomis divisa ab. sikkimella Strand, 1917: 81

Type locality: Sikkim

Distribution: Sikkim ( Strand 1917b), Meghalaya ( Sondhi et al. 2021).

Remark: Amata (Syntomis) divisa disrupta (Moore, 1878) is known from China only.

610. Amata elongata ( Hampson, 1900) : 50

Type locality: Canara [Coastal Karnataka], Travancore, Pirmad [Kerala] 3,500’ ft

Distribution: South India (Madras, Belgaum, Travancore) ( Zerny 1912), Karnataka, Maharashtra ( Sondhi et al. 2021).

611. Amata emma ( Butler, 1876) : 350

= Syntomis torquatus Leech, 1889: 124

= Amata jankowskyi Rothschild, 1910: 434

= Syntomis tergomelas Hering, 1936 : 07

Type locality: China, Foo-choo-foo

Distribution: Assam ( Obraztsov 1966).

Remark: Amata formosae ( Butler, 1876) restricted to Taiwan was reported from India by Singh et al. (2014) following Zerny (1912) as Amata emma (Indian species) was synonmised with it. Now, A. emma is valid species and A. formosae is synonymised with A. edwardsii , thus formosae and edwardsii both are not reported from India ( Lu et al. 2012) and excluded from this list.

612. Amata extensa ( Walker, 1866) : 1863

Type locality: South Hindostan

Distribution: Maharashtra ( Bombay, Matheran, Mahabaleshwar), Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri Hills) ( Zerny 1912), Maharashtra (Malshej Ghat) ( Kirti & Gill 2008 e, Singh et al. 2014), Pune, Satara ( Sondhi et al. 2021).

613. Amata flavifrons ( Hampson, 1892) : 215

Type locality: Momeit [ Myanmar], 2000 ft, June (Doherty)

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong) ( Zerny 1912, Singh et al. 2014).

614. Amata edwardsii edwardsii ( Butler, 1876) : 346

Type locality: Formosa

Distribution: Assam ( Zerny 1912).

615. Amata gelatina ( Hampson, 1891) : 43

Type locality: S. India, Nilgiri plateau

Distribution: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris) ( Zerny 1912, Hampson 1891).

616. Amata georgina ( Butler, 1876) : 345

Type locality: Ceylon [ Sri Lanka]

Distribution: Continental India (Goa, Karnataka, North West Himalayas) ( Kirti & Gill 2008e).

617. Amata huebneri ( Boisduval, 1829) : 127

= Syntomis marsdeni Moore, 1859: 323

= Syntomis xanthomela Walker, 1859: 184

=Buthysia sangaris Wallengren, 1863: 139

= Syntomis contermina Walker, 1864: 78

=Hydrusa pyrrhodera Meyrick, 1886: 177

= Syntomis frustulenta Swinhoe, 1892: 44

= Syntomis sala Swinhoe, 1902: 77

Type locality: Java

Distribution: Throughout India ( Fletcher 1925).

618. Amata hydatina ( Butler, 1876) : 346

Type locality: Calcutta [Kolkata]

Distribution: Sikkim, West Bengal (Kolkata), Central India ( Zerny 1912), Arunachal Pradesh ( Arora et al. 1992), Punjab ( Singh et al. 2019d).

619. Amata insueta ( Swinhoe, 1892) : 41

Type locality: Berrakpore [Kolkata]

Distribution: West Bengal ( Zerny 1912), Barrakpore ( Fletcher 1925).

620. Amata khasiana ( Butler 1876) : 346

Type locality: Khasia hills

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong) ( Zerny 1912).

621. Amata leucosoma ( Butler, 1876) : 351

Type locality: Cashmere [Kashmir]

Distribution: Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir) ( Zerny 1912).

622. Amata lucina ( Butler, 1876) : 351

= Amata khasiana Rothschild, 1910: 435 (preocc. Syntomis khasiana Butler, 1876 )

= Amata assamica Rothschild, 1912: 375 (repl. Amata khasiana Rothschild, 1910 )

Type locality: Nepal

Distribution: Sikkim (Rongli, Mangan), West Bengal (Kolkata), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Zerny 1912, Kirti et al. 2013e).

623. Amata luteifascia ( Hampson, 1892) : 218

Type locality: Naga Hills

Distribution: Nagaland ( Zerny 1912), Arunachal Pradesh ( Arora et al. 1992).

624. Amata madurensis ( Hampson, 1901) : 166

Type locality: S. India, Madura [Madurai], Ammanayanahramir

Distribution: Tamil Nadu (Kodaikanal, Madurai) ( Zerny 1912).

625. Amata minor ( Warren, 1888) : 294

Type locality: Kala Pani

Distribution: Uttarakhand (Kala Pani) ( Zerny 1912), Punjab ( Singh et al. 2019d).

626. Amata multifasciata ( Hampson, 1892) : 225

Type locality: Naga hills

Distribution: Sikkim, Nagaland ( Zerny 1912), Arunachal Pradesh ( Arora et al. 1992), Meghalaya ( Gupta & Majumdar 2006).

627. Amata multigutta ( Walker, 1854) : 134

= Syntomis blanchardi Poujade, 1884: 136

Type locality: [ Nepal] Nepaul

Distribution: Sikkim ( Zerny 1912), West Bengal ( Fletcher 1925), Arunachal Pradesh ( Arora et al. 1992), Manipur ( Chaudhury 2004), Meghalaya, Nagaland ( Gupta & Majumdar 2006).

628. Amata ochreipuncta ( Hampson, 1892) : 222

Type locality: Ganjam

Distribution: Orissa ( Zerny 1912).

629. Amata passalis ( Fabricius, 1781) : 159

= Zygaena cerbera Sulzer, 1776: 20 , 2 (preocc. Sphinx cerbera Linnaeus, 1764 )

= Sphinx creusa Cramer, [1779] : 94, 248

= Syntomis latreillei Boisduval, 1829: 117 , 7, 5

= Syntomis montana Butler, 1876: 349

Type locality: Hab. ‘ India,’ type montana (Eliott) ; Assam; Calcutta, Moore Coll.; Bangalore (E. Y. Watson); Coimbatore (Walhouse); Ceylon (Templeton, G. Lewis) .

Distribution: Throughout India ( Hampson 1892).

630. Amata pectoralis ( Walker, 1854) : 133

=Hydrusa basirufa Swinhoe, 1892: 51

= Syntomis pectoralis ab. andamanica Strand, 1917: 80

Type locality: East Indies

Distribution: Andamans ( Strand 1917a).

631. Amata phoenicozona ( Hampson, 1897) : 284

Type locality: Andamans

Distribution: Andamans ( Arora 1980).

632. Amata pleurasticta ( Hampson, 1901) : 35

Type locality: Kanara, Siddapah

Distribution: Karnataka (Kanara, Mumbai) ( Hampson 1914).

Remark: Ceryx pleurosticta Hampson, 1898 (Borneo, Sandakan) is often mistaken with this species as have only minor difference in spellings.

633. Amata sperbius ( Fabricius, 1787) : 103

= Amata sperbius gressitti Bytinski-Salz, 1939: 152

= Leopoldina leopoldi Hering, 1934: 2 , 1

Type locality: Siam

Distribution: Sikkim, Assam ( Zerny 1912), [Bihar] (Pusa), Meghalaya (Shillong) ( Fletcher 1925), Manipur ( Chaudhury 2004), West Bengal, Nagaland ( Gupta & Majumdar 2006).

634. Amata submarginalis ( Walker, 1869) : 89

= Syntomis submarginalis ab. khasicola Strand, 1917: 81

Type locality: Khasi hills

Distribution: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Zerny 1912).

635. Amata syntomoides ( Butler, 1876) : 351

Type locality: [Kashmir] Cashmere

Distribution: North West Himalayas ( Zerny 1912).

636. Amata unifascia ( Hampson, 1892) : 212

Type locality: Sikhim [Sikkim]

Distribution: Sikkim ( Zerny 1912).

637. Amata verecunda ( Swinhoe, 1902) : 78

Type locality: Jaintia Hills

Distribution: Assam (Jaintia Hills, Khasi hills) ( Zerny 1912).

638. Amata vitrea ( Walker, 1856) : 1594

= Syntomis austeni Moore, 1879: 389

= Syntomis polyzonata Hampson, 1895: 283 Type locality: Silhet

Distribution: Assam ( Zerny 1912), Manipur ( Chaudhury 2004).

Remark: Although the specimens in original description were mentioned from Silhet, but Zerny (1912) specified it from Assam.

639. Amata wimberleyi ( Swinhoe, 1889) : 400

Type locality: Andaman Islands

Distribution: Andamans ( Zerny 1912).

640. Amata xanthograpta Hampson, 1914: 32

Type locality: Kashmir, Gund

Distribution: Kashmir ( Hampson 1914).

Genus Caeneressa Obraztsov, 1957: 392

Type species: Syntomis diaphana Kollar, [1844] 1848

641. Caeneressa actea ( Swinhoe, 1891) : 474

Type locality: Khasia Hills

Distribution: Meghalaya ( Singh et al. 2014).

642. Caeneressa brithyris ( Druce, 1898) : 146

Type locality: N.E. Borneo

Distribution: Meghalaya (Shella) ( Kirti et al. 2014d).

643. Caeneressa diaphana diaphana (Kollar, [1848]) : 460

= Syntomis vitreata Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 50

=Hydrusa baiaea Swinhoe, 1891: 473

= Syntomis horishana Matsumura, 1911: 69

= Syntomis hoppo Matsumura, 1911: 70

= Syntomis andersoni Moore, 1871: 244

= Amata flavolavata Rothschild, 1910: 434

Type locality: Himal Masuri [Mussoorie, Himalaya]

Distribution: Kashmir, NW Himalayas, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim (Khasi Hills, Shillong, Cherrapunji) ( Obraztsov 1957, Singh et al. 2014), Tripura ( Sondhi et al. 2021).

643a. Caeneressa diaphana muirheadii (C. & R. Felder, 1862): 37

Type locality: China, Ning-Po

Distribution: Mizoram ( Kirti et al. 2014d).

Remark: Davlatov & Wu, (2018) did not followed different subspecies pattern while synonymizing Caeneressa diaphana hunanensis Obraztsov, 1957: 428 (from China). The subspecies concept given by Obrazastov (1957) and followed by Lu et al. (2012) and Kirti et al. (2014a) is adopted here.

644. Caeneressa era ( Swinhoe, 1891) : 473

Type locality: Khasi hills

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong) ( Zerny 1912).

645. Caeneressa melas ( Walker, 1854) : 133

Type locality: Nepaul [ Nepal]

Distribution: North India ( Walker 1854), Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasis) ( Kirti et al. 2014d).

Remark: The species was erroreously mentioned as Caeneressa melaena ( Walker, 1854) Kirti et al. (2014) . 646. Caeneressa newara ( Moore, 1879) : 12

Type locality: [Darjeeling] Darjiling

Distribution: Sikkim ( Zerny 1912), West Bengal (Darjeeling) ( Fletcher 1925).

Remark: Type locality erroreously mentioned as Sikkim by Davlatov & Wu (2018).

647. Caeneressa oenone ( Butler, 1876) : 344

Type locality: North India (Location not specified)

Distribution: North India ( Butler 1876), Himachal Pradesh (Kullu), Himalaya ( Obraztsov 1957).

648. Caeneressa serrata ( Hampson, 1892) : 222

Type locality: Khasi hills

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Zerny 1912).

Genus Ceryx Wallengren, 1863:140

Type species: Naclia thyretiformis Wallengren, 1860

= Agaphthora Meyrick, 1886: 774 .

649. Ceryx cherra ( Moore, 1879) : 12

= Syntomoides quisqualis Swinhoe, 1894: 441

Type locality: Cherra Punji , Assam [Cherrapunji, Meghalaya]

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong Cherrapunji) ( Fletcher 1925).

650. Ceryx diptera ( Fabricius, 1775) : 555

= Sphinx atereus Stoll, [1782] : 240

= Syntomis incipiens Walker, [1865] : 68

=Psychotoe brachypecten Hampson, 1893: 61

Type locality: India orientali

Distribution: South India ( Zerny 1912).

651. Ceryx ginorea ( Swinhoe, 1894) : 441

Type locality: Cherra Punji [ Cherrapunji , Meghalaya]

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji) ( Zerny 1912).

652. Ceryx godartii ( Boisduval, 1829) : 115

= Syntomis fytchei Moore, 1871: 246

= Syntomis cupreipennis Butler, 1876: 347

= Syntomis libera Walker, 1865: 78

Type locality: From the coast of Coromandel, Bengal

Distribution: Sikkim, South India, West Bengal (Kolkata) ( Zerny 1912, Lu et al. 2012).

653. Ceryx hyalina ( Moore, 1879) : 13

= Syntomis volans Swinhoe, 1890: 173

Type locality: Darjiling

Distribution: Sikkim, Nagaland ( Zerny 1912), Meghalaya (Shillong, Cherrapunji), West Bengal (Darjeeling) ( Fletcher 1925).

654. Ceryx mirabilis Smetacek, 2010: 894

Type locality: Shyamkhet 2000m, Nainital District , Uttarakhand, India

Distribution: Uttarkhand ( Smetacek 2010).

Genus Dysauxes Hübner, [1819] 1816:171

Type species: Phalaena ancilla Linnaeus, 1767

655. Dysauxes kaschmiriensis Rothschild, 1910

= Dysauxes punctata kaschmiriensis Rothschild, 1910: 441

= Dysauxes afghanica Daniel, 1965: 122

Type locality: Gourais Valley , Kaschmir, 7000ft

Distribution: Kashmir (( Zerny 1912).

656. Dysauxes punctata ( Fabricius, 1781) : 207

Type locality: Italia. D. Allioni

Distribution: Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir) ( Zerny 1912).

Genus Eressa Walker, 1854: 149

Type species: Glaucopis confinis Walker, 1854

657. Eressa affinis Moore, 1877: 596

Type locality: Andaman

Distribution: Andamans ( Zerny 1912), Arunachal Pradesh ( Arora et al. 1992), Meghalaya, West Bengal, Nagaland ( Gupta & Majumdar 2006).

658. Eressa aperiens ( Walker, 1864) : 68

= Trianeura moorei Butler, 1876: 354

= Syntomis lydia Swinhoe, 1891: 134

= Eressa aperiens khasiana Rothschild, 1910: 438

Type locality: South Hindostan [South India]

Distribution: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris) ( Zerny 1912), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Fletcher 1925).

659. Eressa buddha Zerny, 1931:4

Type locality: Nilgiris

Distribution: Nilgiris, Assam ( Zerny 1931).

660. Eressa confinis ( Walker, 1854) : 149

= Eressa musa Swinhoe, 1885: 290

= Eressa catoria Swinhoe, 1900: 305

= Eressa confinis malaccensis Rothschild, 1910: 437

= Eressa confinis intensa Rothschild, 1910: 438

= Syntomoides finitima Wileman, 1910: 220

= Syntomoides catena Wileman, 1910: 220

= Eressa guttulata Strand, 1915: 34

Type locality: North India

Distribution: North West Himalayas, Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh ( Zerny 1912), South India, Meghalaya ( Fletcher 1925), Arunachal Pradesh ( Arora et al. 1992), Nagaland ( Gupta & Majumdar 2006), Bihar (Valmiki Tiger Reserve) (Singh 2013), Maharashtra, Tripura ( Sondhi et al. 2021).

661. Eressa discinota ( Moore, 1879) : 13

Type locality: Khasia hills

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Zerny 1912).

662. Eressa ichneumoniformis Rothschild, 1910: 438

Type locality: Khasia hills

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Zerny 1912).

663. Eressa lepcha ( Moore, 1879) : 12

Type locality: Darjiling

Distribution: Sikkim ( Zerny 1912), West Bengal (Darjeeling) ( Fletcher 1925).

664. Eressa nigra ( Hampson, 1892) : 221

Type locality: Simla [Shimla]

Distribution: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla) ( Zerny 1912).

665. Eressa simplex Rothschild, 1910: 439

Type locality: Subathu , India

Distribution: Himachal Pradesh ( Hampson 1914).

666. Eressa vespa Hampson, 1898: 118

Type locality: Myanmar [Karen hills]

Distribution: India ( Lu et al. 2012).

667. Eressa vespoides Rothschild, 1910: 438

Type locality: Khasia hills, Assam [Meghalaya, India]

Distribution: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills) ( Zerny 1912).

Genus Psichotoe Boisduval, 1829: 129

Type species: Psichotoe duvaucelii Boisduval, 1829

668. Psichotoe duvaucelii Boisduval, 1829: 129

Type locality: Bengal

Distribution: West Bengal (Kolkata), Assam (Guwahati, Jorhat) ( Zerny 1912), Pusa ( Fletcher 1925), Arunachal Pradesh ( Arora et al. 1992), Nagaland ( Gupta & Majumdar 2006).

Genus Syntomoides Hampson, [1893] 1892: 209

Type species: Sphinx imaon Cramer, 1779

669. S yntomoides imaon ( Cramer, 1779) : 94

= Syntomis godarti Boisduval, 1829: 115

= Syntomis fusiformis Walker, 1856: 1595

= Syntomis approximata Walker, 1864: 79

= Syntomis libera Walker, 1864: 78

= Syntomis fytchei Moore, 1871: 246

= Syntomis cupreipennis Butler, 1876: 246

= Syntomis artina Butler, 1876: 347

= Syntomis sargania Butler, 1879 : 04

= Syntomis mota Swinhoe, 1891: 134

Type locality: [Kolkata] Calcutta

Distribution: India ( Lu et al. 2012), Punjab, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal, Karnataka, Coromandel ( Singh et al. 2019d), Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir ( Sondhi et al. 2021).

Genus Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1892: 52

Type species: Syntomis teneiformis Walker, 1856

670. Trichaeta teneiformis ( Walker, 1856) : 1595

= Trichaeta teneiformis bhutanica Strand, 1917: 80

Type locality: Hindostan

Distribution: North West Himalaya, Sikkim ( Zerny 1912)

Late additions (Three species were left out during compilation, hence added at the proof stage)