Taxonomic Information
Ecliptopera Warren, 1894 species known from India.
Ecliptopera delecta (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalaya.
Ecliptopera dentifera (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh.
Ecliptopera dissecta (Moore, [1887]). India: Khasis, Nilgiris, Sikkim.
Ecliptopera fulvidorsata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills).
Ecliptopera fulvotincta (Hampson, 1895). India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla), Uttarakhand.
Ecliptopera furva (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Ecliptopera leucoglyphica (Warren, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Ecliptopera lucrosa (Prout, 1940). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Ecliptopera macarthuri (Prout, 1938). India: Kokser or Koksar, Kashmir.
Ecliptopera mixtilineata (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim.
Ecliptopera muscicolor (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Ecliptopera oblongata (Guenée, 1858). India: Central India.
Ecliptopera obscurata obscurata (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.
Ecliptopera postpallida (Prout, 1938). India: Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; W. China (TL), Tibet.
Ecliptopera rectilinea Warren, 1894. India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa (?).
Ecliptopera relata (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Ecliptopera silaceata (Schiffermüller, 1775).
Ecliptopera subapicalis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, the plateau, 6700ft.
Ecliptopera subfalcata (Warren, 1893). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu).
Ecliptopera substituta (Walker, 1866). India: Himalayas.
Ecliptopera triangulifera (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Ecliptopera obscurata (Moore, 1868).
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| Total | 1 |
- Eustroma dentifera Moore, 1888. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, Pg. 275. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/293/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1914. Macro Lep. World, Vol. 4. Pg. 251.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1940. Macro Lep. World, Vol. 12. Pg. 305, Pl. 30d.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1266862-Ecliptopera-dentifera
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ecliptopera dentifera (Moore, 1888) – . 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/ecliptopera-dentifera, accessed 2025/11/04.