Taxonomic Information
Aeolanthes Meyrick, 1907 species known from India and Myanmar.
Aeolanthes ampelurga Meyrick, 1925. India: Uttarakhand (TL: Mukteshwar, Kumaon).
Aeolanthes callidora Meyrick, 1907. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Aeolanthes cyclantha Meyrick, 1923. India: Nilgiris (TL).
Aeolanthes deltogramma Meyrick, 1923. India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong).
Aeolanthes diacritica Meyrick, 1918. India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong).
Aeolanthes dicraea Meyrick, 1908. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Aeolanthes euryatma Meyrick, 1908. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Aeolanthes lychnidias Meyrick, 1908. India: TL: Palni Hills.
Aeolanthes meniscias Meyrick, 1918. Myanmar (TL: Koni).
Aeolanthes oculigera Diakonoff, 1952. Myanmar.
Aeolanthes rhodochrysa Meyrick, 1907. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Aeolanthes sagulata Meyrick, 1917. India: “Bengal” (TL: Chapra).
Aeolanthes semicarnea Diakonoff, 1952. Myanmar.
Aeolanthes siphonias Meyrick, 1908. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Simla).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Aeolanthes cyclantha -
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Aeolanthes rhodochrysa Meyrick, 1907 is a similar species but Aeolanthes cyclantha has HW dark fuscous colour, grey cilia and apical white blotch is more prominent in cyclantha.
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- Aeolanthes cyclantha Meyrick, 1923. Exotic Microlep. 2 (20): 611; TL: S.India, Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/details/exoticmicrolepid02meyr/page/611/mode/1up?view=theater
- Clarke, J. F. G. 1955. Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick, Vol.2:1-531. Pg. 402, Pl. 200/2a-d. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/136734#page/410/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/136734#page/411/mode/1up.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Aeolanthes cyclantha Meyrick, 1923 – . 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/Aeolanthes-cyclantha, accessed 2026/01/27.