Taxonomic Information
Risoba Moore, 1881 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Risoba basalis Moore, 1882. India.
Risoba diphteroides Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Risoba diversipennis (Walker, 1858). India: Punjab, Himalayan Region, Meghalaya; Myanmar.
Risoba flavipennis Hampson, 1895. India; Bhutan; Nepal.
Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881. India; Sri Lanka.
Risoba obscurivialis Holloway, 2003. India: N.E. Himalaya, West Bengal, Meghalaya.
Risoba prominens Moore,1882. India; Sri Lanka.
Risoba repugnans (Walker, 1856). Indo-Australian tropics.
Risoba variegata (Moore, 1882). West Bengal; Nepal.
Risoba vitellina (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal, Sikkim; Nepal.
Risoba vialis Moore, 1882. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, N.E. Himalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Risoba prominens -
Similar species: Risoba olivens Bethune-Baker, 1906 (extralimital)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/857242-Risoba-olivens
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/risobinae/risobinae_1_21.php
Moths of Borneo link above lists differences.
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Risoba prominens Moore, 1881. Trans ent. Soc. Lond. 1881: 329. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen81zool#page/328/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 42/25-26.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 140.26.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/519474-Risoba-prominens
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=282190
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Risoba prominens 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/index.php/Risoba-prominens, accessed 2025/11/11.