Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882) -

Taxonomic Information

Eublemma Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Eublemma abrupta (Walker, 1865). India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. 
Eublemma accedens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874). India:Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma albipennis Hampson, 1910. India: Maharashtra (TL: Bombay).
Eublemma amabilis Moore, [1884]. India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma antoninae Nagaraja & Nagarkatti, 1970. India: Karnataka (TL: Bengaluru).
Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh (TL: Mhow), Maharashtra, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881). India: Uttar Pradesh (TL: Allahabad). 
Eublemma bilineata Hampson, 1902. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kulu, Shimla).
Eublemma brunea (Hampson, 1891). Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma bulla (Swinhoe, [1885]). India: Maharashtra (Pune), Himachal Pradesh; Pakistan (TL: Karachi).
Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra.
Eublemma commoda (Walker, 1864). India: Indo-Australian tropics. Needs confirmation. 
Eublemma conspersa (Butler, 1880). India: Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma crassiuscula (Walker, 1864). India: Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Eublemma dimidialis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. 
Eublemma epistrota Hampson, 1910. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kangra).
Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901). India; Pakistan. 
Eublemma grisescens (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal. 
Eublemma melabela Hampson, 1910. NW India.
Eublemma latericolor (Turner, 1945). India: Kerala. 
Eublemma latistriga Warren, 1913. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]). India: Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Nilgiris. 
Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808]). NW India, Maharashtra, Tripura.
Eublemma pulchra (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Madhya Pradesh.
Eublemma polygramma (Duponchel, [1842]). India: Himachal Pradesh. 
Eublemma pudica (Snellen, 1880). India: West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma quadrapex Hampson,1891. India: Kerala, West Bengal. 
Eublemma quadrilineata (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal.
Eublemma quadripunctata (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844). India: South Andamans (TL). 
Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882). India: Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal.
Eublemma robertsi (Berio, 1969). NW India. 
Eublemma roseana (Moore, 1881). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu. 
Eublemma roseonivea (Walker, [1863]). India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Eublemma rubricilia Hampson, 1902. India: Sikkim; Bhutan. 
Eublemma sarcosia Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Eublemma semirufa Hampson, 1902. India: Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya,West Bengal; Sri Lanka (TL) .
Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka; Pakistan.
Eublemma trifasciata (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal. 
Eublemma versicolor (Walker, 1863). India: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (TL: Kolkatta). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Eublemma rivula -

MOI-pqn220 , MOI-pqn221 MOI-pqh115 , MOI-pqh116 MOI-ppu297 MOI-ppk227 cr299 bv716 bz002 , bz001 , bz000 cf917

 Note: Very similar to Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808]), and doubtfully separated from it through images; hence provisionally identifed as cf. Eublemma parva, which seems to be an extralimital species from Europe, though listed by Hampson from Bombay; Europe. FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, pg. 341, # 2121. Hampson states the postmedial line is less excurved in parva. European E. parva have the post-medial angled just below the costa & meeting it at right angle, whereas E. rivula & the E. parva (?) from India eastwards (hence possibly rivula) have the post-medial meeting the costa obliquely. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat11
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra121
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total112111
  1. OD: Thalpochares rivula Moore, 1882. Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 140; TL: [West Bengal] Kolatta. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/140/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Thalpochares pusilla Butler, 1886. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1886 (4): 404 (preocc. Erastria pusilla Eversmann, 1837); TL: Australia, Peak Downs. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1886roya/page/404/mode/1up?view=theater. 
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. pg. 341, # 2120. 
  4. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/rivula.html [accessed 04 February 2022]
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/475446-Eublemma-rivula
  6. https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/BOLETOBIINAE/eublemma%20rivula.htm
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882) – . 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/eublemma-rivula, accessed 2025/11/03.