Taxonomic Information
Eupterote Hübner, 1820 species known from India (based on Raha et al 2018 & Zolotuhin, 2018).
Eupterote citrina Walker, 1855. India: Central India, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal; Bangladesh.
Eupterote calandra Swinhoe, 1894. India: Meghalaya.
Eupterote decolorata (Grünberg, 1914). India: Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Eupterote flavida Moore, 1884. India: Karnataka, Maharashtra, S. India.
Eupterote gardneri Bryk, 1950. India: Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand; Nepal. Eupterote bifasciata Kishida, 1994 is a junior synonym.
Eupterote fabia Cramer, 1780. India: Maharashtra, Sikkim, West Bengal, S. India; Bhutan, Sri Lanka.
Eupterote mollifera Walker, 1865. India: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Eupterote orientalis (Fabricius, 1793). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Eupterote flavicollis Guérin-Meneville, 1843. S. India.
Eupterote diffusa Walker, 1865. S. India; Sri Lanka.
Eupterote hibisci (Fabricius, 1775). India: Karnataka, N. India; Sri Lanka.
Eupterote lineosa (Walker, 1855). India: Maharashtra, Nagaland, S. India, Sikkim; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Eupterote pandya (Moore, [1866]). India: West Bengal, Meghalaya.
Eupterote patula (Walker, 1865). India:West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya; Bangladesh.
Eupterote primularis Moore, 1884. S. India.
Eupterote translata Swinhoe, 1885. India: Maharashtra, S. India
Eupterote testacea Walker, 1855. India: Assam, Meghalaya; Myanmar; Bangladesh.
Eupterote undata Blanchard, [1844]. Indian subcontinent.
Eupterote undans Walker, 1855. India: Assam, Indian Himalayas, Karnataka, Maharashtra, S. India; Nepal; Bhutan.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Eupterote primularis -
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| Total | 2 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Brachytera primularis Moore, 1884. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884. 27: 371-372. TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51064#page/401/mode/1up
- FBI, Hampson, Vol. 1, pg 59, # 73. Mentions diffusa as a similar species.
- Raha, A., Majumder, A., Sanyal, A.K. and Chandra, K., 2017. On three species of genus Eupterote Hübner,[1820] from Chhattisgarh, with a consolidated species list of the genus from India (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 45(180), pp.651-663. Mention that primularis is a synonym of diffusa.
- Zolotuhin, V. V. 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.
- Iyer, G. 2021. Moths of Tamil Nadu. Blackbuck, Vol. 37, Nos 1 & 2; Published by Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai. 1-98. Pg. 9, Image 7.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Eupterote primularis Moore, 1884 – . 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/Eupterote-primularis, accessed 2025/11/10.