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Epiplema ruptaria Moore, 1883

Epiplema ruptaria

Epiplema ruptaria
Epiplema ruptaria
Epiplema ruptaria
Epiplema ruptaria
Epiplema ruptaria
Epiplema ruptaria
Epiplema ruptaria
Epiplema ruptaria
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arunachal Pradesh
Jharkhand
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
All states
Similiar species:
Epiplema fulvilinea see Hampson, 1895 (references)

Epiplema Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] known species from India.
Epiplema albida. Sri Lanka; India.
Epiplema clathrata Warren, 1896. India: NE Himalaya.
Epiplema himala (Butler, 1880). India.
Epiplema irrorata (Moore, 1887). Sri Lanka; India.
Epiplema latifasciata (Moore, 1887). Sri Lanka; India.
Epiplema quadristrigata (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka.
Epiplema reticulata (Moore, [1888]). Bhutan; India.
Epiplema rhacina Swinhoe, 1917. India: Khasia Hills, Meghalaya.
References:
  1. Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae. Pg 129, # 3055.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo pl 138:7.
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=257491 [accessed 25 August 2016]

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Anonymous. 2022. Epiplema ruptaria Moore, 1883. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355730/Epiplema-ruptaria
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