Taxonomic Information
Metallolophia Warren, 1895 species known from India (Sondhi et al 2020).
Metallolophia assamensis Orhant, 2000. India: Assam (TL: Kaziranga, Tezpur).
Metallolophia ocellata (Warren, 1897). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Metallolophia opalina (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Metallolophia taleensis Sondhi, Nath, Sondhi & Kunte, 2020. India: Arunachal Pradesh (TL: Pange, Tale WLS).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Terpna (?) ocellata Warren, 1897. Novit. zool. 4: 207, Pl. 5: 25. Holotype R, [India]: Khasi Hills (BMNH). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3219061#page/231/mode/1up
- Han, H.X., Galsworthy, A. & , D.Y. Xue. 2005. A revision of the Genus Metallolophia Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae). Journal of Natural History, 39 (2), 165–195. Pg. 190, Fig 32-35.
- Sondhi, S., Nath, D., Sondhi, Y., & K. Kunte, 2020. A new species of Metallolophia Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), and notes on M. opalina (Warren, 1893), from eastern Himalaya, India. Zootaxa 4838 (2): 289-297.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Metallolophia ocellata (Warren, 1897) – . 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/metallolophia-ocellata, accessed 2025/11/01.