
Taxonomic Information
Clethrophora Hampson, 1894 species known globally:
Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924
Clethrophora distincta (Leech, 1889)
Clethrophora virida (Heylaerts, 1890)
Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924
Only Clethrophora distincta reported so far from India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species:
Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924
- Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924; Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3): 432. Pl. 8/6. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/432/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/n746/mode/1up?view=theater&q=gonophora
- MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 27/1-2.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/chloephorini/chloephorini_1_1.php.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=352518 [accessed 28 June 2021] for angulipennis.
Clethrophora distincta (Leech, 1889)
- Gonitis distincta Leech, 1889. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 506, pl. 52/7. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866958#page/646/mode/1up .
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/361731-Clethrophora-distincta
- MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 27/3-4.
- FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, pg. 416, # 2317.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Clethrophora_distincta.html [accessed 28 June 2021]
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=288241 [accessed 28 June 2021] for distincta.
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Total | 1 |
- OD: Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924; Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3): 433. Pl. 8/7. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/433/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/n746/mode/1up?view=theater&q=gonophora
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/clethrophora-gonophora, accessed 2025/06/20.