Eublemma roseana (Moore, 1881) -

Taxonomic Information

Eublemma Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Eublemma abrupta (Walker, 1865). India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. 
Eublemma accedens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874). India:Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma albipennis Hampson, 1910. India: Maharashtra (TL: Bombay).
Eublemma amabilis Moore, [1884]. India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma antoninae Nagaraja & Nagarkatti, 1970. India: Karnataka (TL: Bengaluru).
Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh (TL: Mhow), Maharashtra, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881). India: Uttar Pradesh (TL: Allahabad). 
Eublemma bilineata Hampson, 1902. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kulu, Shimla).
Eublemma brunea (Hampson, 1891). Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma bulla (Swinhoe, [1885]). India: Maharashtra (Pune), Himachal Pradesh; Pakistan (TL: Karachi).
Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra.
Eublemma commoda (Walker, 1864). India: Indo-Australian tropics. Needs confirmation. 
Eublemma conspersa (Butler, 1880). India: Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma crassiuscula (Walker, 1864). India: Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Eublemma dimidialis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. 
Eublemma epistrota Hampson, 1910. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kangra).
Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901). India; Pakistan. 
Eublemma grisescens (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal. 
Eublemma melabela Hampson, 1910. NW India.
Eublemma latericolor (Turner, 1945). India: Kerala. 
Eublemma latistriga Warren, 1913. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]). India: Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Nilgiris. 
Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808]). NW India, Maharashtra, Tripura.
Eublemma pulchra (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Madhya Pradesh.
Eublemma polygramma (Duponchel, [1842]). India: Himachal Pradesh. 
Eublemma pudica (Snellen, 1880). India: West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma quadrapex Hampson,1891. India: Kerala, West Bengal. 
Eublemma quadrilineata (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal.
Eublemma quadripunctata (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844). India: South Andamans (TL). 
Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882). India: Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal.
Eublemma robertsi (Berio, 1969). NW India. 
Eublemma roseana (Moore, 1881). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu. 
Eublemma roseonivea (Walker, [1863]). India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Eublemma rubricilia Hampson, 1902. India: Sikkim; Bhutan. 
Eublemma sarcosia Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Eublemma semirufa Hampson, 1902. India: Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya,West Bengal; Sri Lanka (TL) .
Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833). India: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka; Pakistan.
Eublemma trifasciata (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal. 
Eublemma versicolor (Walker, 1863). India: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (TL: Kolkatta). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Eublemma roseana -

MOI-pqg220 , MOI-pqg221 MOI-ppq883 , MOI-ppq884 MOI-ppq858 , MOI-ppq859 MOI-pnr766 cs093 ck835 , ck834 , ck833 ct455 bv353 , bv352 , bv351 cp968 , cp961 , cp960 , cp959

Similar species is Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882) - lacks pink on forewing.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat22
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total134
  1. Thalpochares roseana Moore, 1881. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 370. (TL: India, Maharashtra, Mumbai). Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen81zool/page/370/mode/1up?view=theater 
  2. Thalpochares roseana Moore, 1881. In: Butler, A. G. 1889. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 7. Pg. 66, Pl. 130/3. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180012#page/76/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180012#page/153/mode/1up
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg. 340, # 2119. 
  4. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 11/44. 
  5. Komal, J., Shashank, P.R., Sondhi, S., Madan S., Sondhi, Y., Meshram, N.M., Anooj, S.S. 2021. Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Delhi, India: An illustrated checklist based on museum specimens and surveys. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e73997. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e73997. Fig. 17a. 
  6. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/roseana.html
 
 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Eublemma roseana (Moore, 1881) – . 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/eublemma-roseana, accessed 2025/10/31.