Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931 -

Taxonomic Information

List of known Ecliptopera Warren, 1894 from India. 
Ecliptopera delecta (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalaya. 
Ecliptopera dentifera (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Ecliptopera dissecta (Moore, [1887]). India: Khasis, Nilgiris, Sikkim. 
Ecliptopera fulvidorsata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills). 
Ecliptopera fulvotincta (Hampson, 1895). India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla), Uttarakhand. 
Ecliptopera furva (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Ecliptopera leucoglyphica (Warren, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Ecliptopera lucrosa (Prout, 1940). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Ecliptopera macarthuri (Prout, 1938). India: Kokser or Koksar, Kashmir. 
Ecliptopera mixtilineata (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim. 
Ecliptopera muscicolor (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Ecliptopera oblongata (Guenée, 1858). India: Central India. 
Ecliptopera obscurata obscurata (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal. 
Ecliptopera postpallida (Prout, 1938). India: Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; W. China (TL), Tibet.
Ecliptopera rectilinea Warren, 1894. India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa (?). 
Ecliptopera relata (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Ecliptopera silaceata (Schiffermüller, 1775). 
Ecliptopera subapicalis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, the plateau, 6700ft. 
Ecliptopera subfalcata (Warren, 1893). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu). 
Ecliptopera substituta (Walker, 1866). India: Himalayas. 
Ecliptopera triangulifera (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Ecliptopera zophera -


Similar spp.
Ecliptopera obscurata (Moore, 1868) – FW postmedial has indentations on all the veins (no indentations in anterior half in zophera). See notes in the OD of zophera, as well the errors of Swinhoe & Moore.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh21
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total21
  1. OD: Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931. Geometrid descriptions and notes. Novitates zoologicae Vol 36, Pg. 159. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/10110
  2. Eustroma zophera in The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Seitz, Vol 12, Pl 30i (Text is missing) - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/251778#page/375/mode/1up
  3. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=323574 [Accessed 7 Feb 2024]
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Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/ecliptopera-zophera, accessed 2024/04/27.