Taxonomic Information
Sorolopha Lower, 1901 species known from India.
Sorolopha aeolochlora (Meyrick, 1916). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Sorolopha archimedias (Meyrick, 1912). India: Sri Lanka.
Sorolopha callichlora (Meyrick, 1909). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Sorolopha camarotis (Meyrick, 1936). India: Meghalaya, West Bengal (TL: Kalimpong).
Sorolopha herbifera (Meyrick, 1909). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Sorolopha liochlora (Meyrick, 1914). India: Karnataka (TL).
Sorolopha mniochlora (Meyrick, 1907): India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Palni Hills).
Sorolopha phyllochlora (Meyrick, 1905). India: Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka.
Sorolopha prasinias (Meyrick, 1916). India: Karnataka (TL).
Sorolopha semifulva (Meyrick, 1908). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Reviewing other members of this genus from India, Sorolopha phyllochlora (Meyrick, 1905), Sorolopha liochlora (Meyrick, 1914) and Sorolopha herbifera (Meyrick, 1909) are markedly different.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/841196-Sorolopha-phyllochlora
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1129553-Sorolopha-liochlora
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1075896-Sorolopha-herbifera
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424874-Sorolopha-cyclotoma, an extralimital species is similar but the band colors are greenish.
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| Total | 1 |
- Argyroploce archimedias Meyrick, 1912; Exotic Microlepid. 1: 63. TL: Hong Kong. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39853#page/81/mode/1up
- Eudemis oxygona Diakonoff, 1968; Bull. U.S. natn. Mus. 257(1967): 50.
- Pinkaew, N., 2006. Taxonomy of Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. PhD Thesis, Kasetsart University. Pp1-578. Pg. 131, Figs 13.2, 44.4.
- Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Brown, J.W. and Chandra, K., 2020. Catalogue of Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea) of India. Zootaxa, 4757(1), pp.1-95. Pg. 71.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199499-Sorolopha-archimedias
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Sorolopha archimedias (Meyrick, 1912) – . 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/sorolopha-archimedias, accessed 2025/11/23.


