Taxonomic Information
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Ophiusa alticola (Hampson, 1913). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kulu).
Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858). India: Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa indistincta (Moore, 1882). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasia Hills), Bihar, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh
Ophiusa olista (Swinhoe, 1893). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, West Bengal; Nepal.
Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852). India?.
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, West Bengal, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa trapezium (Guenée, 1852). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Jharkhand; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa triphaenoides (Walker, 1858). India: Bengal (TL), Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858. India: NE India, Maharashtra, Nilgiris.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Ophiusa spp. Ochsenheimer, 1816 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.21. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ophiusa-spp, accessed 2026/06/16.