Protuliocnemis biplagiata (Moore, [1887]) -

Taxonomic Information

Protuliocnemis Holloway, 1996 species known from India.
Protuliocnemis biplagiata biplagiata (Moore, [1887]) (Comibaena). India: Uttarakhand (Dehradun), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (KMTR); Sri Lanka. 
Protuliocnemis castalaria castalaria (Oberthur, 1916) (Phorodesma). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal. 
Protuliocnemis partita (Walker, 1861) (Comibaena). India: Assam, Kerala, Karnataka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Protuliocnemis castalaria Oberthür, 1916 has been reported from Nepal, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. Protuliocnemis castalaria is similar in fascia to biplagiata, and can be separated by the presence of fours spurs on the hind tibia of biplagiata and two spurs in castalaria (MOB).

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka3
Kerala2
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal
Total211131

Protuliocnemis biplagiata (Moore, [1887]) - Acacia sp. (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Comibaena biplagiata Moore, [1887]. Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 435; TL: Ceylon at http://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey03moor#page/435/mode/1up  [accessed 03 April 2018]
  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. 488, # 4052. 
  3. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_27_3.php [accessed 03 April 2018]
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protuliocnemis_biplagiata
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=15632 [accessed 03 April 2018]


 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Protuliocnemis biplagiata (Moore, [1887]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/protuliocnemis-biplagiata, accessed 2024/03/28.