Alionoctula Kruskop, Solovyeva & Kaznadzey, 2018. Zool. Stud. 57: 60
Vesperugo stenopterus Dobson, 1875
References:
Kruskop, S.V., E.N. Solovyeva, and A.D. Kaznadzey. 2018. Unusual Pipistrelle: Taxonomic Position of the Malayan Noctule (Pipistrellus stenopterus; Vespertilionidae; Chiroptera). Zoological Studies 57(60): 1-15. Read article.
Zhukova, S.S., A.P. Yuzefovich, V.S. Lebedev, and S.V. Kruskop. 2025. Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini) . Diversity 17(5): 1-24. Read article.
Alionoctula babu (Thomas, 1915).
J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 24:30.
Himalayan Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus babu
Pakistan, Muree
Afghanistan through Pakistan, N India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, and into China
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Least Concern under Pipistrellus javanicus (2019).
javanica species group. Formerly included in Pipistrellus; see Zhukova et al., 2025. Formerly included in javanica, but distinct; see Saikia et al. (2025). For earlier consideration of the placement of this species as a part of javanica see Corbet and Hill (1992), Kock (1996), and Bates and Harrison (1997), as well as Das (1990) and Sinha (1999).
References:
Saikia, U., R. Chakravarty, G. Csorba, M.A. Laskar, and M. Ruedi. 2025. Taxonomic reassessment of bats from the Western Himalayas, India and description of a new species of the Myotis frater complex (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 5644(1): 1-78. Read article.
Thomas, O. 1915. Scientific results from the mammal survey. A. On pipistrels of the genera Pipistrellus and Scotozous. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24(1): 29-34. Read article.
Includes all "eastern" pipistrelles (abramus, ceylonica, javanica, tenuis, coromandra, paterculus, and dhofarensis) and related forms (e.g., cf. coromandra) and tentatively all Pipistrellus species in Southern and East Asia and Australasia. Includes three species groups. The "javanicus species group includes the "eastern" species noted above. The "abramus" group includes only abramus itself. The "stenoptera" group also includes the single species stenoptera. Zhukova et al. suggest that adamsi, angulata, collina, papuana, and wattsi belong to the "javanica" species group. We have not allocated westralis, endoi, minhassae, murrayi, or sturdeei into any species groups within Alionoctula.