Taxonomic Information
List of Scopelodes Westwood, 1841 species known from India.
Scopelodes contracta Walker, 1855. India
Scopelodes kwangtungensis Hering, 1931. Nepal; Bangladesh; Myanmar; India: North India.
Scopelodes sericea Butler, 1880. Myanmar; India.
Scopelodes testacea Butler, 1886. Sri Lanka; Nepal; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Myanmar; India.
Scopelodes unicolor Westwood, 1841. Myanmar.
Scopelodes venosa Walker, 1855. Nepal; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Myanmar; India.
Scopelodes vulpina Moore, 1879. Nepal; Myanmar; India: Khasia Hills, Meghalaya, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Scopelodes witti Solovyev & Giusti, 2017. India: Assam, Andamans.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Ref: Solovyev, A.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33-229.
His comments. The species (sericea) is separated from other congeners by bronzy yellow ground colour, dark yellow tufts of third segment of labial palps, the forewings with longitudinal black-shaded field, transverse light-shaded field and yellow fascia near Cu-stem; apex of abdomen is grayish, not deep black (Colour plate 12, fig. 6).
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Scopelodes sericea Butler, 1880. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 6: 63. Type locality: [China]. Type: Fem (BMNH).
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 374, # 818.
- Solovyev, A.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33-229. (Colour plate 12, fig. 6).
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=260914 [accessed 01 February 2018].
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Scopelodes sericea Butler, 1880 – . 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/scopelodes-sericea, accessed 2025/11/03.