Taxonomic Information
Similiar species:
Lophophleps triangularis (Hampson, 1895)
Lophophleps phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896)
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Lophophleps purpurea -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Goa | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891: Shorea spp. (Dipterocarpaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891, Illustr. typical Specimens Lep. Het. Colln. Br. Mus., 8:125.
- 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 32.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_2_1.php
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser [accessed 18 July 2021]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320818-Lophophleps-purpurea?taxid=740657
The Forum Herbulot lists as Lophophleps purpurea as the valid species as does Lepindex and iNaturalist, so this is adopted over the use of Idaea purpurea, which is used by some authors.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891 – . 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-purpurea, accessed 2023/05/30.