Taxonomic Information
Sorolopha Lower, 1901 species known from India.
Sorolopha aeolochlora (Meyrick, 1916). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Sorolopha archimedias (Meyrick, 1912). India: Sri Lanka.
Sorolopha callichlora (Meyrick, 1909). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Sorolopha camarotis (Meyrick, 1936). India: Meghalaya, West Bengal (TL: Kalimpong).
Sorolopha herbifera (Meyrick, 1909). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Sorolopha liochlora (Meyrick, 1914). India: Karnataka (TL).
Sorolopha mniochlora (Meyrick, 1907): India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Palni Hills).
Sorolopha phyllochlora (Meyrick, 1905). India: Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka.
Sorolopha prasinias (Meyrick, 1916). India: Karnataka (TL).
Sorolopha semifulva (Meyrick, 1908). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Reviewing other members of this genus from India, Sorolopha phyllochlora (Meyrick, 1905), Sorolopha liochlora (Meyrick, 1914) and Sorolopha herbifera (Meyrick, 1909) are markedly different.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/841196-Sorolopha-phyllochlora
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1129553-Sorolopha-liochlora
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1075896-Sorolopha-herbifera
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424874-Sorolopha-cyclotoma, an extralimital species is similar but the band colors are greenish.
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| Total | 1 |
- Argyroploce archimedias Meyrick, 1912; Exotic Microlepid. 1: 63. TL: Hong Kong. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39853#page/81/mode/1up
- Eudemis oxygona Diakonoff, 1968; Bull. U.S. natn. Mus. 257(1967): 50.
- Pinkaew, N., 2006. Taxonomy of Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. PhD Thesis, Kasetsart University. Pp1-578. Pg. 131, Figs 13.2, 44.4.
- Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Brown, J.W. and Chandra, K., 2020. Catalogue of Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea) of India. Zootaxa, 4757(1), pp.1-95. Pg. 71.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199499-Sorolopha-archimedias
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Sorolopha archimedias (Meyrick, 1912) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/sorolopha-archimedias, accessed 2025/11/23.