Taxonomic Information
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1816 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Ophiusa alticola (Hampson, 1913). Himachal Pradesh.
Ophiusa disjungens (Walker, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa discriminans (Walker, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa indistincta (Moore, 1882). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Ophiusa olista (Swinhoe, 1893). Indian Himalayas; Nepal.
Ophiusa mejanesi (Guenée, 1852). India.
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, [1777]). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa trapezium (Guenée, 1852). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa triphaenoides (Walker, 1858). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Ophiusa tumidilinea Walker, 1858. N. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ophiusa trapezium -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Ophiodes trapezium Guenée, 1852. Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid. 7: 231.
- Barlow, H.S. 1982. An introduction to the moths of S.E. Asia. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Pp. 305, pl. 51. Pl. 31/12, Pg. 101.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 45/9.
- Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 116.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Moths%20of%20Kagoshima/80_Noctuidae/09Catocalinae/4206_Ophiusa_trapezium/Ophiusa%20trapezium.htm [accessed 15 April 2020]
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/ophiusini_3_4.php [accessed 15 April 2020]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/681261
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ophiusa trapezium (Guenée, 1852) – . 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/ophiusa-trapezium, accessed 2025/10/25.