Subspecies in India
Dilophodes elegans khasiana Swinhoe, 1892: India: Meghalaya.
Taxonomic Information
Dilophodes Warren, 1894 species known from India.
Dilophodes elegans (Butler, 1878). India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Abraxas elegans Butler, 1878; Ill. typical Spec. Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 2: 53, pl. 37, f. 6; TL: Yokohama. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft02brit/page/53/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft02brit/page/n110/mode/1up
- Abraxas khasiana Swinhoe, 1892. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1892. (1): 17. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1892roya/page/17/mode/1up
- Dilphodes elegans Hampson, FBI, vol 3, Fig. 142, pg 305.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_5_1.php for Dilophodes elegans which MON states is actually Pogonopygia pavida baria.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_4_2.php for Pogonopygia pavida baria which MON states is actually Dilophodes elegans.
- Moths of Laos, Vol. 25, pg. 38, Pl. 9/10.
- Sondhi, 2024. Moths of India A Field Guide, pg. 60, Pl. 27/62.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Dilophodes elegans (Butler, 1878) – . 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/dilophodes-elegans, accessed 2026/02/21.