Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Ourapteryx sciticaudaria (Walker, [1863]).
Separating primularis and sciticaudaria:
Diagnosis: Ourapteryx primularis (♂FWL: 36-40 mm) can be separated from O. sciticaudaria (Walker, [1863]) by the smaller size of O. sciticaudaria (♂FWL: 28-32 mm), and more vivid lemon yellow coloration and stronger striations of O. primularis (Inoue 1995). Ourapteryx primularis has two black spots below the tail, a black-ringed large red spot above the tail, and a very small black spot above the red spot. Ourapteryx sciticaudaria lacks the lower most black spot below the tail. Ourapteryx primularis has fuscous striae in the postmedial area, which is fused into a band in sciticaudaria.
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- Urapteryx primularis Butler, 1886; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 6: 49, pl. 113, f. 4. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft06brituoft/page/49/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft06brituoft/page/n134/mode/1up?view=theater
- Urapteryx primularis; 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. 145.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 12/24.
- Sondhi, S. 2024. Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust, India, xii+280 pp.pl. 32/128.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/612404-Ourapteryx-primularis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ourapteryx primularis (Butler, 1886) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ourapteryx-primularis, accessed 2025/08/03.