Subspecies in India
Ilema preangerensis melanochlora Hampson, 1895. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Taxonomic Information
Ilema Moore, 1860 species known from India.
Ilema acerosa (Chao, 1986). India: Himachal Pradesh.
Ilema bhana (Moore, 1865). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand.
Ilema caperata (Moore, 1986). India: Himachal Pradesh.
Ilema chloroptera (Hampson, [1893]). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Nagaland; Nepal.
Ilema preangerensis (Heylaerts, 1892). India: NE Himalaya, Meghalaya.
Ilema virescens (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Dasychira preangerensis Heylaerts, 1892; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 36 (1): 13; TL: Java. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalesdelasoci361892soci/page/13/mode/1up (in French).
- Malachitis preangerensis; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38: 90. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi38lond/page/90/mode/1up
- Malachitis melanochlora Hampson, 1895; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 291; TL: Bhutan. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1895roya/page/291/mode/1up
- Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 488.
- Melachitis melanochlora Hampson; Journal Bombay Natural History Society Vol. 13. p. 413, pl. i. fig. 7 (1900). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95330#page/511/mode/1up
- Melachitis[sic] melanochlora; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (64): 415. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazine9111923lond/page/415/mode/1up
- Malachitis melanochlora; MON, Vol 3, Pl 80/20 for male.
- Ilema melanochlora; MON, Vol 4 Pl 105/14 for female.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/01_LYMANTRIINAE/framepage_Lymantriinae.html
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/species/ilema-preangerensis
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1278267-Ilema-melanochlora
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Ilema preangerensis (Heylaerts, 1892) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ilema-preangerensis, accessed 2026/04/24.