Taxonomic Information
List of Plotheia Walker, [1858] 1857 species known from India:
Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858]) (Gadirtha). India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka.
Plotheia elongata Hampson, 1898. India (Meghalaya, N. E. Himalaya).
Plotheia occulta (Swinhoe, 1885) (Selepa). India (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858]): Englerina woodfordioides (Loranthaceae)?, Coffea spp. (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Gadirtha decrescens Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1104; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1104/mode/1up?view=theater
- Plotheia frontalis Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1109; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1109/mode/1up?view=theater
- Plotheia frontalis Walker, [1858]. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, vol 9. Pg. 106-107; Plate CLXIV. figs. 1-32.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/plotheia-decrescens, accessed 2024/10/13.