Taxonomic Information
Menophra Moore, [1887] species known from India.
Menophra bicornuta Inoue, 1990. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Menophra codra (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Menophra costistrigata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Menophra cuprearia (Moore, 1867).
Menophra decorata (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim.
Menophra humeraria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.
Menophra jugorum (Felder& Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Himalaya, Keylong, (Lahul Spiti), Himachal Pradesh.
Menophra lignata (Warren, 1994). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Menophra nigrifasciata Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiri district, S slopes, 3000ft.
Menophra perserrata (Walker, 1862). India: South India.
Menophra retractaria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Menophra serpentinaria (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim.
Menophra subplagiata (Walker, 1860). India: Himalaya: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Menophra subsenilis Sato, 1993, Nepal (Godavari); India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim.
Menophra subterminalis (Prout, 1925). Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Menophra torridaria Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Menophra translineata (Walker, 1869). India: Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi), Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Menophra trilineata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Satoracotis melagrapharia (Hampson, 1907). Nepal; Myanmar. Was previously listed as Menophra melagrapharia (Hampson, 1907).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Menophra humeraria (Moore, [1868])
Hemerophila humeraria Moore, [1868]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 627; TL: Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/627/mode/1up?view=theater
Inoue, H. 1990. Notes on Menophra species (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from East Asia, with descriptions of two new genera, two new species and one new subspecies, Tinea, Vol. 12, Part 2, 5-18.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/735854-Menophra-humeraria
Separating subterminalis and humeraria vide OD. Smaller size of subterminalis (36-40 mm) versus humeraria (54 mm). In subterminalis, forewing with termen less crenulate, less oblique posteriorly, tone a little less reddish brown; median line stronger; subterminal rather more discernible on the dark subtornal cloud. Hindwing with termen less deeply dentate, especially at the medians: subterminal area more marked, the brown line which succeeds the postmedian being followed by a pale line, this again by a narrow blackish shade which bounds the subterminal proximally; the subterminal itself fine, defined distally by a brown line.
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- Hemerophila subterminalis Prout, 1925, Novit. zool. 32: 56. TL: Khasis; Darjeeling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22601#page/78/mode/1up
- Ephemerophila subterminalis, Moths of Nepal part 3, Pg. 51, Pl. 75/22
- Moths of Laos, Vol. 25, Pg. 60, pl. 18/6.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=92158
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/787904-Menophra-subterminalis
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_10_1.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Menophra subterminalis (Prout, 1925) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/menophra-subterminalis, accessed 2025/08/18.