Taxonomic Information
Chlorodontopera Warren, 1893 species known from India.
Chlorodontopera chalybeata (Moore, 1872). NE India.
Chlorodontopera discospilata (Moore, [1868]). India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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.
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Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
- 482, #4033 . Pg.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Chlorodontopera discospilata (Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/chlorodontopera-discospilata, accessed 2024/12/03.