Taxonomic Information
Menophra Moore, [1887] species known from India.
Menophra bicornuta Inoue, 1990. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Menophra codra (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Menophra costistrigata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Menophra cuprearia (Moore, 1867).
Menophra decorata (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Menophra humeraria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.
Menophra jugorum (Felder& Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Himalaya, Keylong, (Lahul Spiti), Himachal Pradesh.
Menophra lignata (Warren, 1994). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Menophra melagrapharia (Hampson, 1907).
Menophra nigrifasciata Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiri district, S slopes, 3000ft.
Menophra perserrata (Walker, 1862). India: South India.
Menophra retractaria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Menophra serpentinaria (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim.
Menophra subplagiata (Walker, 1860). India: Himalaya.
Menophra subsenilis Sato, 1993, Nepal (Godavari); India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim.
Menophra subterminalis (Prout, 1925).
Menophra torridaria Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Menophra translineata (Walker, 1869). India: Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi), Arunachal Pradesh.
Menophra trilineata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 4 |
- OD: Selenia decorata Moore, 1867. On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal. Part II & III Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867. Pg. 621. Pl. XXXII Fig. 9. Text at https://archive.org/streamproceedingsofzoo1867zool#page 620/mode/1up. TL: Bengal.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 228, # 3306 as Leptomiza decorata. Dist: Sikkim, Khasis.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 37/9.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=535151
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Menophra decorata (Moore, [1868]) – . 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/menophra-decorata, accessed 2025/11/01.