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ID: Eupterote primularis Moore, 1884
1. OD: Brachytera primularis, n.s.Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884. Article:XVII.Descriptions of new species of Indian Lepidoptera-Heterocera By F.Moore,F.Z.S Page 371-372. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51064#page/401/mode/1up
2.VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN 2018. Nomenclature and synonymic remarks on two species of
Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera) described by Johan Christian Fabricius,
and notes on related species. Zootaxa 4471 (2): 381–386. Pg 385; fig 14 on page 384
3. Geetha Iyer 2021. Moths of Tamil Nadu. Blackbuck vol 37, Nos 1 &2; Published by Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai. 1-98. Image No.7- Page 9
JD : agree with ID
SS: Agree with ID. Provisional ID.
This individual matches the OD better than the specimen in Zolotuhin (2018).
Additional reference:
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 1, pg 59, # 73. Mentions diffusa as a similar species. Raha et al 2017 mention that primularis is a synonym of diffusa.
1. OD: Brachytera primularis, n.s.Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884. Article:XVII.Descriptions of new species of Indian Lepidoptera-Heterocera By F.Moore,F.Z.S Page 371-372. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51064#page/401/mode/1up
2.VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN 2018. Nomenclature and synonymic remarks on two species of
Eupterotidae (Lepidoptera) described by Johan Christian Fabricius,
and notes on related species. Zootaxa 4471 (2): 381–386. Pg 385; fig 14 on page 384
3. Geetha Iyer 2021. Moths of Tamil Nadu. Blackbuck vol 37, Nos 1 &2; Published by Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai. 1-98. Image No.7- Page 9
JD : agree with ID
SS: Agree with ID. Provisional ID.
This individual matches the OD better than the specimen in Zolotuhin (2018).
Additional reference:
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 1, pg 59, # 73. Mentions diffusa as a similar species. Raha et al 2017 mention that primularis is a synonym of diffusa.
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Butterfly
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Year
2014
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