Taxonomic Information
Protuliocnemis Holloway, 1996 species known from India.
Protuliocnemis biplagiata biplagiata (Moore, [1887]) (Comibaena). India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (KMTR); Sri Lanka.
Protuliocnemis castalaria (Oberthur, 1916) (Phorodesma). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Protuliocnemis partita (Walker, 1861) (Comibaena). India: Assam, Kerala, Karnataka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Protuliocnemis biplagiata (Moore, [1887])
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_27_3.php for separation between castalaria and biplagiata. Two spurs on hind tibia in castalaria; four spurs in biplagiata.
Vide Seitz, hindwing with postmedian slender and slightly incurved between the 3rd radial and 2nd median (in castalaria thick and quite straight), apical spot of hindwing brighter, predominently reddish-range.
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- Phorodesma castalaria Oberthür, 1916. Étud. Lépid. Comp. 12 (1): 106, (2):16, pl. 388, f. 3268. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/etudesdelpidop121916oberthur/page/106/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/etudesdelpidop121916ober/page/n122/mode/1up?view=theater
- Uliocnemis castalaria; Prout, 1933, in Seitz, A. (Ed.), Gross-Schmett. Erde 12: 88.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.), Gross-Schmett. Erde Vol. 4, pl. 1c for castalaria.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_27_3.php for separation between castalaria and biplagiata.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Protuliocnemis castalaria (Oberthür, 1916) – . 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/Protuliocnemis-castalaria, accessed 2025/04/23.