
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
Problepsis vulgaris and Problepsis delpharia are separated as under:
Problepsis vulgaris, diagnosable by forewing discal spot: its outer margin is concave. In P. delphiaria, the outer margin is evenly curved (not concave) as stated by Pasi Sihvonen, PhD.
Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
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- Argyria delphiaria Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. Gen. Lep. 10:14.
- Problepsis auriculifera Warren, 1897, Novit. zool., 4: 59.
- Problepsis argentisquama Warren, 1899, Ibid. 6: 337.
- Xue, D. and 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. Fig. 12-13 for P. delphiaria auriculifera.
- FBI, Hampson, Vol. 3, pg. 462, # 3976. Lists vulgaria as a synonym of delphiaria.
- Barlow, Moths of SE Asia, pg. 125, Pl.42/9. Mentions UN of FW bears greyish-black suffusion while HW silvery-white.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/870882-Problepsis-delphiaria
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Problepsis delphiaria (Guenée, [1858]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Problepsis-delphiaria, accessed 2025/02/09.