Taxonomic Information
Similiar species:
Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891
Lophophleps purpurea male is duller purple grey (vs purple-red/brown in L. phoenicoptera), FW almost entire costa is ochreous (vs basal part of costa), FW ante-medial band is nearly straight (vs waved) & the HW anal angle is less produced (vs strongly produced).
Lophophleps triangularis (Hampson, 1895).
Lophophleps triangularis male is greenish grey, with finer fasciation.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Phoenicoptera phoenicoptera phoenicoptera -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Acidalia phoenicoptera Hampson, 1896. Fauna. Br. India, Moths, 4: 562, #3909a.
- Sterrha phoenicoptera tuita Prout, 1938, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 12: 234.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 31.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_2_3.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320817-Lophophleps-phoenicoptera
Subspecies: the nominate subspecies phoenicoptera has narrower ochreous bands as compared to subspecies tuita that is found in SE Asia (Prout).
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Lophophleps phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.50. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/lophophleps-phoenicoptera, accessed 2023/05/30.