Ilema chloroptera (Hampson, [1893]) -

Taxonomic Information

Ilema Moore, 1860 species known from India (Kaleka et al, 2020). 
Ilema chloroptera (Hampson, [1893]). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Ilema bhana (Moore, 1865). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand. 
Ilema acerosa (Chao, 1986). India: Himachal Pradesh. 
Ilema caperata (Moore, 1986). India: Himachal Pradesh. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Ilema chloroptera -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh3323
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim11
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total4334
  1. 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. 450, #1007.
  2. Moths of China, 1983, Iconographia Heterocerum Sinicorum Page 167, #1188 as Dasychira.
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 105/10-12.
  4. Kaleka, A.S., Bali, G.P.K. and Singh, D., 2020. Taxonomic account of four species of genus Ilema Moore, 1860 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) with range extensions and new records from Indian Himalayas. International Journal of Entomology Research, Volume 5; Issue 6: 174-179. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ilema chloroptera (Hampson, [1893]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ilema-chloroptera, accessed 2024/11/04.