Taxonomic Information
Similiar species:
Erebus jaintiana and Erebus superba. Markings differ on both species wrt E. glaucopis.
Erebus Latreille, 1810 species known from India
Erebus acuta (Fawcett, 1917)
Erebus albicincta Kollar, [1844]
Erebus caprimulgus (Fabricus, 1775)
Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, [1823])
Erebus gemmans (Guenée, 1852)
Erebus glaucopis (Walker, 1858)
Erebus hieroglyphica (Drury, 1773)
Erebus jaintiana (Swinhoe, 1896)
Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1768)
Erebus strigipennis (Moore, 1883)
Erebus superba (Swinhoe, 1908)
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Erebus glaucopis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
- Hampson, G. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 461-462, # 2408 as Nyctipao glaucopis.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Haruta%20Collection/80_Noctuidae/08_Catocalinae/Erebus/Erebus%20glaucopis/Erebus%20glaucopis.htm
- Butler, A. G. (1877). Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46938660#page/135/mode/1up. Pl CXII.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. # 475, Pg. 103, Pl 28/5.
Identity confirmed by Rob de Vos, Curator of the moth collection (Lepidoptera: Heterocera), Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Erebus glaucopis (Walker, 1858) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/erebus-glaucopis, accessed 2024/04/19.