Taxonomic Information
Calletaera Warren, 1895 species known from India.
Calletaera subexpressa (Walker, 1861). Uttarakhand, NE India, Karnataka, Maharshtra, Kerala; Nepal.
Calletaera obliquata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Calletaera postvittata (Walker, 1861). Indian subregion.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar looking species:
Calletaera dentata Jiang, Xue & Han, 2014, China (extralimital). Best separated by genitalia (Jiang et al 2014).
Jiang, N., D. Xue & H. Han. 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa 3856 (1): 073–099.
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| Total | 1 | 5 |
- OD : Acidalia postvittata Walker, 1861. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 23: 759. TL: Sarawak, Borneo. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2224brit/page/759/mode/1up?view=theater
- Macaria honoraria Walker, 1861. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 23: 928. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2224brit/page/928/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.pg. 197, # 3221 as Luxiaria postvittata.
- Jiang, N., Xue, D. and Han, H., 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa, 3856(1), pp.073-099. 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.1.3
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 210.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Eutoeini/eutoeini_1_4.php
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=196325
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209559-Calletaera-postvittata
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Calletaera postvittata (Walker, 1861) – . 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/Calletaera-postvittata, accessed 2025/11/06.