Taxonomic Information
List of known Ecliptopera Warren, 1894 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
Ecliptopera zophera -
Similar spp.
Ecliptopera obscurata (Moore, 1868) – FW postmedial has indentations on all the veins (no indentations in anterior half in zophera). See notes in the OD of zophera, as well the errors of Swinhoe & Moore.
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| Total | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931. Geometrid descriptions and notes. Novitates zoologicae Vol 36, Pg. 159. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/10110
- Eustroma zophera in The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Seitz, Vol 12, Pl 30i (Text is missing) - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/251778#page/375/mode/1up
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=323574 [Accessed 7 Feb 2024]
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ecliptopera-zophera, accessed 2024/12/08.