Taxonomic Information
Oroplema Holloway, 1998 species known from India.
Oroplema oyamana (Matsumura, 1931). India: NE Himalaya.
Oroplema simplex (Warren, 1899). India: S. India (Nilgiris).
Oroplema plagifera (Butler, 1881). N. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Erosia plagifera Butler, 1881. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. Pg. 414. TL: Yokohoma. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14698388#page/444/mode/1up
- Sohn, J. C. & Yen, S. H. 2005. A Taxonomic Revision of the Korean Epipleminae (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae), with Phylogenetic Comments on the Involved Genera. Zoological Studies 44(1): 44–70. Fig. 2U,2V.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. pg. 11, Image 270.
- Sondhi, S. 2024. Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust, India, xii+280 pp. Pl. 53/12.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/324320-Oroplema-plagifera
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Oroplema plagifera (Butler, 1881) – . 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/oroplema-plagifera, accessed 2025/11/02.