Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891 -

Taxonomic Information

Lophophleps Hampson, 1891 species known from India.
Lophophleps informis Warren, 1897. NE India. 
Lophophleps triangularis (Hampson, 1895)
Lophophleps phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896).
Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
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Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala11
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1131
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
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Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891: Shorea  spp. (Dipterocarpaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891. Illustr. typical Specimens Lep. Het. Colln. Br. Mus., 8:125. 
  2. 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.
  3. Rajaei, H., Hausmann, A., Scoble, M., Wanke, D., Plotkin, D., Brehm, G., Murillo-Ramos, L. & Sihvonen, P. 2022. An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with an overview of global species richness and systematics. Integrative Systematics, 5 (2): 145-192. https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.577933
  4. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_2_1.php
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser [accessed 18 July 2021]
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320818-Lophophleps-purpurea?taxid=740657
The Forum Herbulot, 2022 (Rajaei et al 2022) lists this species as Lophophleps purpurea as the valid taxon as does Lepindex and iNaturalist, so this is adopted over the use of Idaea purpurea, which is used by some authors.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/lophophleps-purpurea, accessed 2024/03/28.