Ecliptopera dentifera (Moore, 1888) -

Taxonomic Information

List of known Ecliptopera Warren, 1894 from India. 
Ecliptopera delecta (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalaya. 
Ecliptopera dentifera (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Ecliptopera dissecta (Moore, [1887]). India: Khasis, Nilgiris, Sikkim. 
Ecliptopera fulvidorsata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills). 
Ecliptopera fulvotincta (Hampson, 1895). India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla), Uttarakhand. 
Ecliptopera furva (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Ecliptopera leucoglyphica (Warren, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Ecliptopera lucrosa (Prout, 1940). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Ecliptopera macarthuri (Prout, 1938). India: Kokser or Koksar, Kashmir. 
Ecliptopera mixtilineata (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim. 
Ecliptopera muscicolor (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Ecliptopera oblongata (Guenée, 1858). India: Central India. 
Ecliptopera obscurata obscurata (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal. 
Ecliptopera postpallida (Prout, 1938). India: Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; W. China (TL), Tibet.
Ecliptopera rectilinea Warren, 1894. India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa (?). 
Ecliptopera relata (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Ecliptopera silaceata (Schiffermüller, 1775). 
Ecliptopera subapicalis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, the plateau, 6700ft. 
Ecliptopera subfalcata (Warren, 1893). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu). 
Ecliptopera substituta (Walker, 1866). India: Himalayas. 
Ecliptopera triangulifera (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Similar species: Ecliptopera obscurata (Moore, 1868).

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1
  1. Eustroma dentifera Moore, 1888. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, Pg. 275. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/293/mode/1up
  2. Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1914. Macro Lep. World, Vol. 4. Pg. 251. 
  3. Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1940. Macro Lep. World, Vol. 12. Pg. 305, Pl. 30d. 
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1266862-Ecliptopera-dentifera
     

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Ecliptopera dentifera (Moore, 1888) – . 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/ecliptopera-dentifera, accessed 2025/04/24.