Lophophelma varicoloraria (Moore, 1868) -

Taxonomic Information

Lophophelma Prout, 1912 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Lophophelma costistrigaria (Moore, [1868]). West Bengal; Nepal. 
Lophophelma erionoma (Swinhoe, 1893). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal. 
Lophophelma funebrosa (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Lophophelma harmenni Irungbam, 2023. India:  India: Manipur (TL: Ukhrul district, Shirui Hills). 
Lophophelma hunliensis. TL: Hunli, Arunachal Pradesh. Not peer reviewed. Needs validation. 
Lophophelma iterans (Prout, 1926). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Lophophelma luteipes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Uttarakhand.
Lophophelma neonoma (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka. 
Lophophelma ruficosta (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Kerala, Karnataka. 
Lophophelma varicoloraria (Moore, [1868]). India: Bengal (TL), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya. 
Lophophelma vigens (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh112
Assam
Bihar
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal21
Total11231
  1. Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae. Pg. 475, #4009 as Pseudoterpna varcoloraria
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Plate 2:16
  3. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/07_Geometrinae/10_Pachyodes/Pachyodes%20varicoloraria/Pachyodes%20varicoloraria.htm as Pachyodes varcoloraria [accessed 25 August 2016]
  4. Pitkin, L. M., Hongxiang H. & S. James. 2007. Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. Pdf
  5. Irungbam, J.S., 2023. A new species of genus Lophophelma Prout, 1912 from India (Geometridae: Geometrinae: Pseudoterpnini). Mun. Ent. Zool. 18 (2): 1324-1327. 
  6. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=323647[accessed 25 August 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Lophophelma varicoloraria (Moore, 1868) – . 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/lophophelma-varicoloraria, accessed 2025/11/02.