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, Sikkim.
Epiplema clathrata Warren, 1896. India: NE Himalaya: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Epiplema fulvilinea (Hampson, 1891). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra; Nepal.
Epiplema fuscifrons (Warren, 1896).India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim; Nepal.
Epiplema himala (Butler, 1880). NE India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Epiplema irrorata (Moore, 1887). Sri Lanka; India.
Epiplema latifasciata (Moore, 1887). Sri Lanka; India: Kerala.
Epiplema quadristrigata (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka.
Epiplema reticulata (Moore, [1888]). Bhutan; India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand.
Epiplema rhacina Swinhoe, 1917. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Epiplema ruptaria Moore, 1883. India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand; Nepal.
Conservation and Special status
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Epiplema ruptaria is a similar species. See Hampson (1895).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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 2025. Epiplema fulvilinea (Hampson, 1891) – . 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/epiplema-fulvilinea, accessed 2025/11/03.