Parapercnia xanthypochlora (Wehrli, 1924) -

Taxonomic Information

Parapercnia Wehrli, 1939 species known from India and Sri Lanka. 
Parapercnia caritaria (Walker, 1860). Sri Lanka. 
Parapercnia diurnaria (Guenée,1858). India: S. India. 
Parapercnia cordularia (Swinhoe, 1893). India; Nepal.  
Parapercnia herbidaria (Guenée, 1857). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Parapercnia irrorataria (Bremer & Grey, 1853). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). Parapercnia lectularia (Swinhoe,1891) 
is a synonym. 
Parapercnia pertusaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling). India; Nepal. 
Parapercnia striatifera Hampson,1902 . India: S. India (TL: Travancore). 
Parapercnia sinensium (Oberthür, 1913). India. 
Parapercnia xanthypochlora (Wehrli, 1924). India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Parapercnia kalakadaria (Sato, 2014). S. & W. India. 

Described from Tamil Nadu by Sato (2014). These records from Goa and Maharashtra are the first records of Parapercnia kalakadaria (Sato, 2014) from Western India and extend the known range of the species.

Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 is considered a junior subjective synonym of Parapercnia Wehrli, 1939 (Murillo-Ramos et al, 2021). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. OD: Boarmia xanthypochlora Wehrli, 1924. Mitt. münch. ent. Ges., 14 (6–12): 140, pl. 1, fig. 24. Holotype (ZFMK). China: Lienping.
  2. Jiang, Nan, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2011. A review of Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae), Zootaxa 2735, pp. 1-22: 19-21. Fig. 43-44. 
  3. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 323. 
  4. Murillo-Ramos, L., Chazot, N., Sihvonen, P., Ounap, E., Jiang, N., Han, H., Clarke, J.T., Davis, R.B., Tammaru, T. and Wahlberg, N., 2021. Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography and diversification patterns of a diverse group of moths (Geometridae: Boarmiini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 162, p.107198.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/715227-Ophthalmitis-xanthypochlora

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Parapercnia xanthypochlora (Wehrli, 1924) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/parapercnia-xanthypochlora, accessed 2026/04/09.