Taxonomic Information
Ilema Moore, 1860 species known from India (Kaleka et al, 2020).
Ilema chloroptera (Hampson, [1893]). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Ilema bhana (Moore, 1865). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand.
Ilema acerosa (Chao, 1986). India: Himachal Pradesh.
Ilema caperata (Moore, 1986). India: Himachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. pg. 450, #1007.
- Moths of China, 1983, Iconographia Heterocerum Sinicorum Page 167, #1188 as Dasychira.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 105/10-12.
- Kaleka, A.S., Bali, G.P.K. and Singh, D., 2020. Taxonomic account of four species of genus Ilema Moore, 1860 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) with range extensions and new records from Indian Himalayas. International Journal of Entomology Research, Volume 5; Issue 6: 174-179.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Ilema chloroptera (Hampson, [1893]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ilema-chloroptera, accessed 2024/04/26.