Taxonomic Information
Choreutis Hübner, [1825] species from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Choreutis aegyptiaca (Zeller, 1867). India; Nepal.
Choreutis achyrodes (Meyrick, 1912). India (Nilgiris: TL); Sri Lanka.
Choreutis antiptila Meyrick, 1912. Nepal.
Choreutis euclista (Meyrick, 1918). Myanmar (TL).
Choreutis ialeura (Meyrick, 1912). India (Nilgiris: TL); Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Choreutis itriodes (Meyrick, 1912). Inida: Assam.
Choreutis melophaga (Meyrick, 1931). India.
Choreutis ophiosema (Lower, 1896). India.
Choreutis orthogona (Meyrick, 1886). TL: New Guinea; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.
Choreutis taprobanes (Zeller, 1877). Sri Lanka.
Choreutis sexfasciella (Sauber, 1902). Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Choreutis taprobanes -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Simaethis taprobanes Zeller, 1877. Exotische Microlepidoptera. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 13: 178, pl. 2 fig. 65. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46109#page/208/mode/1up (in German).
- Simaethis taprobanes Zeller, 1877. Moore, 1887, Lep. Ceylon, 3: 497.
- Cotes & Swinhoe, 1889, Cat. Moths India: 700.
- Meyrick, 1913, Lep. Cat, 13: 35.
- Diakonoff, A., 1982. On a collection of some families of Microlepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Zoologische Verhandelingen, (193). Pg. 102.
- https://choreutidae.myspecies.info/file/358
- https://choreutidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/96
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1148067-Choreutis-taprobanes
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Choreutis taprobanes (Zeller, 1877) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/choreutis-taprobanes, accessed 2025/01/22.