Taxonomic Information
Similiar species:
Lophophleps phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896)
Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891
Colour of male is purple red-brown, with broader fasciation, HW anal angle more acutely produced. Females are difficult to separate from L. purpurea & Idaea costiguttata.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Lophophleps triangularis - Triangular Wave
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Acidalia triangularis Hampson, 1895. Fauna. Br. India, Moths, 3: 441, # 3910.
- Eois glabripennis Warren, 1900. Novit. zool., 7: 106.
- Seitz, A. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 12, Pg. 233, P.l 23h as Sterrha triangularis.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=597371 [accessed 25 April 2021]
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_2_2.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320815-Lophophleps-triangularis
- http://www.hkwildlife.net/Forum/viewthread.php?action=printable&tid=26970 [accessed 25 April 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Lophophleps triangularis (Hampson, 1895) – Triangular Wave. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.42. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/lophophleps-triangularis, accessed 2023/03/30.