Taxonomic Information
Daplasa Moore, 1879 species known from India.
Daplasa postincisa (Moore, 1879). India: NE. Bengal (TL), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland; Nepal.
Daplasa variegata (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Wang et al. (2015) state that Daplasa postincisa (Moore, 1879) maybe the female of Daplasa variegata. Needs to be investigated.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Euproctis variegata Moore, 1879; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 48, pl. 2, f. 24; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/48/mode/1up.Plate at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/n326/mode/1up
- Daplasa variegata; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 79; Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazine9111923lond/page/79/mode/1up
- Daplasa variegata seminigra; MON Part 2, pg. 82, Pl. 54/12.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1305102-Daplasa-variegata
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Daplasa variegata (Moore, 1879) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/daplasa-variegata, accessed 2026/01/31.