Taxonomic Information
Epiplema Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] known species from India:
Epiplema albida Hampson, 1895. Sri Lanka; India.
Epiplema bicaudata (Moore, [1868]). India: Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Epiplema clathrata Warren, 1896. India: NE Himalaya.
Epiplema fulvilinea (Hampson, 1891). N. India.
Epiplema fuscifrons (Warren, 1896). NE Himalaya.
Epiplema himala (Butler, 1880). NE India.
Epiplema irrorata (Moore, 1887). Sri Lanka; India.
Epiplema latifasciata (Moore, 1887). Sri Lanka; India.
Epiplema quadristrigata (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka.
Epiplema reticulata (Moore, [1888]). Bhutan; India.
Epiplema rhacina Swinhoe, 1917. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Epiplema ruptaria Moore, 1883. N. India.
Conservation and Special status
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Epiplema ruptaria is a similar species. See Hampson (1895).
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Epiplema fulvilinea (Hampson, 1891): Gmelina sp. (Lamiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae. Pg 130, # 3056.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo pl. 138:8, pg. 82.
- OD: Erosia fulvilinea Hampson, 1891. Illust. Typical specimens Lepid. Heterocera Coln. Br. Mus. 8: 103, Pl 150, fig. 19. TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23339622#page/113/mode/1up
Other Notes
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Epiplema fulvilinea (Hampson, 1891) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/epiplema-fulvilinea, accessed 2024/10/15.