Subspecies in India
(1) Cyllogenes janetae janetae de Nicéville, 1887 – Himalayan Scarce Evening Brown
(2) Cyllogenes janetae fascialata Smiles, 1973 – Naga Scarce Evening Brown
Recently, Cyllogenes janetae loba Lang & Huang, 2012 – Tibetan Scarce Evening Brown has been reported from Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, presumably co-occurring with the nominotypical subspecies (Singh and Das 2016). This needs to be verified (Das, Singh and Chandra 2020).
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Recently, Cyllogenes janetae loba Lang & Huang, 2012 – Tibetan Scarce Evening Brown has been reported from Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, presumably co-occurring with the nominotypical subspecies (Singh and Das 2016). This needs to be verified (Das, Singh and Chandra 2020).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species has so far been recorded from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland within Indian limits.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Das GN, Singh N, Chandra K. 2020. Notes on the genus Cyllogenes Butler, 1868 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from India. Trop. Lepid. Res., 30:115–25.
Singh AP, Das DJ. 2016. Butterfly Atlas of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Dehra Dun: Forest Research Institute. pp. 463.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Cyllogenes janetae de Nicéville, 1887 – Scarce Evening Brown. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/cyllogenes-janetae, accessed 2025/10/31.


