Problepsis conjunctiva Warren, 1893 -

Taxonomic Information

Problepsis Lederer, 1853 species known from India. 
Problepsis albidior albidior Warren, 1899. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kangra), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand; Nepal. 
Problepsis apollinaria candidior Prout, 1917. India: South India. 
Problepsis conjunctiva  Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim, West Bengal. 
Problepsis crassinotata Prout, 1917. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Problepsis deliaria (Guenée, 1858). India; Sri Lanka.
Problepsis delphiaria (Guenée, [1858]). India: Assam, Meghalaya, Central India. 
Problepsis eucircota Prout, 1913.India: Assam (Tinsukhia). 
Problepsis longipannis Prout, 1917. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Problepsis ocellata ocellata Frivaldszky, 1845. NE India.
Problepsis vulgaris Butler, 1889. India; Nepal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total12
  1. Problepsis conjunctiva Warren, 1893, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1893 (2): 358. TL: Sikkim (NHM). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111041#page/448/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. pg. 463. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46967834#page/493/mode/1up
  3. Xue, D. and L., Cui., & N. Jiang. 2018. A review of Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4392 (1): 101–127. Fig. 15-17
  4. Roger Kendrick, PhD, Pl. 20/9. 
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/348917-Problepsis-conjunctiva

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Problepsis conjunctiva Warren, 1893 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/problepsis-conjunctiva, accessed 2025/06/22.