
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
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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.