Taxonomic Information
Eois Hübner, 1818 species known from India.
Eois dissimilis (Moore, [1887]) (Pseudasthena). India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala; Sri Lanka.
Eois grataria (Walker, 1861) (Hyria). India (NE India); Sri Lanka.
Eois ingrataria ingrataria (Warren, 1898) (Psilocambogia). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Eois lunulosa lunulosa (Moore, [1887]) (Pseudasthena). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sikkim; Sri Lanka.
Eois memorata (Walker, 1861) (Pomasia). India; Nepal.
Eois phaneroscia Prout, 1922. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam (Tezpur).
Eois plicata (Moore, 1888) (Bardanes). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Eois dissimilis -
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Eois versimilis Prout, 1992 is a extralimital species, similar to dissimilis but antennae in male of Eois versimilis has pectinnations while in dissimilis it is simple.
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Pseudasthena dissimilis Moore, [1887]. Lep. Ceylon. 3: 450, Pl. 199/7. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/472/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/713/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.pg. 419, # 3840. Listed as Cambogia dissimilis.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920 Image 47.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=676688
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1163964-Eois-dissimilis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Eois dissimilis (Moore, [1887]) – . 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/eois-dissimilis, accessed 2025/11/12.