Taxonomic Information
Euplexia Stephens, 1829 species known from India.
Euplexia chlorerythra Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (TL: Cherra Punji), Arunachal Pradesh.
Euplexia cuprea Moore, 1874. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Shimla).
Euplexia exangulata Warren, 1912. India: Sikkim; Bhutan (TL).
Euplexia fasciata Hampson, 1891. India: S. India (TL: Nilgiris).
Euplexia magnirena Warren, 1912. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasia Hills).
Euplexia melanistis Hampson, 1908. India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Palni Hills).
Euplexia monilis (Moore, 1881). India: Sikkim, West Bengal (TL: Darjiling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Euplexia olivacea (Moore, 1881). India: Sikkim, West Bengal (TL: Darjiling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Euplexia poliochroa Hampson, 1908. India: S. India (TL: Nilgiris).
Euplexia semifascia (Walker, 1865). India: S. India (TL), Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Trachea albinota (Moore, 1867) and Phlogophora costalis (Moore, 1882).
Trachea albinota (Moore, 1867)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1276531-Trachea-albinota
Phlogophora costalis (Moore, 1882)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1277350-Phlogophora-costalis
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| Total | 1 |
- Berrhaea olivacea Moore, 1881; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881: 357; TL: Darjiling. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen81zool/page/356/mode/1up
- Trachea olivacea; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 144, pl. 111, f. 12. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/144/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid410brit/page/n265/mode/2up
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1277153-Euplexia-olivacea
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Euplexia olivacea (Moore, 1881) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/euplexia-olivacea, accessed 2026/04/21.