Taxonomic Information
Clethrophora Hampson, 1894 species known globally.
Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924
Clethrophora distincta (Leech, 1889). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasis), Arunachal Pradesh.
Clethrophora virida (Heylaerts, 1890)
Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924
Only Clethrophora distincta reported so far from India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species:
Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924
- Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924; Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3): 432. Pl. 8/6. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/432/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/n746/mode/1up?view=theater&q=gonophora
- MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 27/1-2.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/chloephorini/chloephorini_1_1.php.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=352518 [accessed 28 June 2021] for angulipennis.
Clethrophora distincta (Leech, 1889)
- Gonitis distincta Leech, 1889. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 506, pl. 52/7. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866958#page/646/mode/1up .
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/361731-Clethrophora-distincta
- MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 27/3-4.
- FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, pg. 416, # 2317.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Clethrophora_distincta.html [accessed 28 June 2021]
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=288241 [accessed 28 June 2021] for distincta.
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- OD: Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924; Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3): 433. Pl. 8/7. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/433/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/n746/mode/1up?view=theater&q=gonophora
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/clethrophora-gonophora, accessed 2025/10/24.