Taxonomic Information
Polyscia Warren, 1896 species known from India.
Polyscia argentilinea (Moore, 1868). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. ; Nepal; Myanmar [Burma] (TL).
Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1927. India: NE Himalaya; Borneo (TL).
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Similar species: Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896.
- Heteromiza ochrilinea Warren 1896. JBNHS, Vol. 11, 1897-98. P. 719.
- Polyscia ochrilinea Warren 1896. Nov. Zool. III., P. 148. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at
- https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi03lond#page/148/mode/1up
- https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/20f224ef-f1c9-4e05-807c-ec8d5db55946/preview
- https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-404730 misspelt as ochrifinea.
Another similar species is Conolophia nigripuncta (Hampson, 1891).
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926. The Sarawak Musuem Journal 3: 197. TL: Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/sarawakmuseumjou03sara/page/n230/mode/1up?view=theater
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Hypochrosini/hypochrosini_8_1.php
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=535177
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/752312-Polyscia-viridispurca
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926 – . 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/polyscia-viridispurca, accessed 2025/10/27.