Taxonomic Information
Problepsis Lederer, 1853 species known from India.
Problepsis albidior albidior Warren, 1899. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kangra), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Problepsis apollinaria candidior Prout, 1917. India: South India.
Problepsis conjunctiva conjunctiva Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Problepsis crassinotata Prout, 1917. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Problepsis deliaria (Guenée, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.
Problepsis delphiaria (Guenée, [1858]). India: Assam, Meghalaya, Central India.
Problepsis eucircota Prout, 1913.India: Assam (Tinsukhia).
Problepsis longipannis Prout, 1917. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Problepsis ocellata ocellata Frivaldszky, 1845. NE India.
Problepsis vulgaris Butler, 1889. India; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Argyria appollinaria Guenée, 1857. Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. Gen. Lep. 10:13
- Problepsis hemicyclata Warren, 1897. Novit. zool., 4: 59.
- Problepsis apollinaria candidior Prout, 1917. Ibid. 24: 312.
- Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 176. Incorrectly identified as Problepsis deliara.
- Xue, D., L., Cui., & N. Jiang. 2018. A review of Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4392 (1): 101–127. Pg. 114, Image 11.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 13.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/ster/apollinaria.html
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Problepsis_apollinaria_En
- https://geometroidea.smns-bw.org/geometridae/Catalogue/?q=Problepsis lists candidior as a subspecies.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/scopulini/scopulini_4_2.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508511-Problepsis-apollinaria
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Problepsis apollinaria (Guenée, [1858]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Problepsis-apollinaria, accessed 2025/04/30.