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.
Colour of male is purple red-brown, with broader fasciation, HW anal angle more acutely produced. Females are difficult to separate from L. purpurea & Idaea costiguttata.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Acidalia triangularis Hampson, 1895. Fauna. Br. India, Moths, 3: 441, # 3910.
- Eois glabripennis Warren, 1900. Novit. zool., 7: 106.
- Seitz, A (Ed.). The Macro Lepidoptera of the World, Vol 12, Pg. 233, P.l 23h as Sterrha triangularis.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=597371 [accessed 25 April 2021]
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_2_2.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320815-Lophophleps-triangularis
- http://www.hkwildlife.net/Forum/viewthread.php?action=printable&tid=26970 [accessed 25 April 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lophophleps triangularis (Hampson, 1895) – Triangular Wave. 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-triangularis, accessed 2025/04/24.