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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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 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.
- 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
- 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, 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 2025. Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/lophophleps-purpurea, accessed 2025/04/24.