Taxonomic Information
Similar species: Chlorodontopera chalybeata (Moore, 1872)
Odontopera chalybeata Moore, 1872. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 580, pl. 34, f. 4; TL: N.India. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen72zool/page/580/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen72zool/page/n643/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_20_1.php
Note: According to Hampson, 1895. pg 482, no. 4033 "Male. Differs from discopilata in the frons being black; some black marks at base of cilia; the discocelluar spot of forewing smaller; the underside purplish brown, without markings." Specimens of Chlorodontopera chalybaeata on Bold systems do not however show the the discocelluar spot of forewing smaller and those of discospilata of a rather variable in size.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Chlorodontopera discospilata -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- . Pg. 482, #4033
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Chlorodontopera discospilata (Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.60. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/chlorodontopera-discospilata, accessed 2023/09/26.