Taxonomic Information
Herochroma Swinhoe, 1893 species known from India.
Herochroma baba Swinhoe, 1893. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Herochroma baibarana baibarana (Matsumura, 1931). India: NE Himalaya, Assam, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Herochroma orientalis (Holloway, 1982). NE Himalaya; Sri Lanka is its synonym.
Herochroma cristata (Warren, 1894). India: Sikkim, Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
Herochroma subspoliata (Prout, 1916). India: Nilgiris (TL), Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Herochroma elaearia (Hampson, 1903). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Herochroma farinosa (Warren, 1893), NW Himalayas, Lahoul.
Herochroma flavitincta (Warren, 1897). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Herochroma liliana (Swinhoe, 1892). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Herochroma ochreipicta (Swinhoe, 1905). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Herochroma subtepens (Walker, 1860). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Herochroma usneata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Himalayas, Uttarakhand.
Herochroma viridaria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal.
Herochroma yazakii Inoue, 1999. Nepal [Godavari]; India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Herochroma costata Kirti, Goyal & Kaur, 2012. Karnataka. This species name is thus considered a nomen nudum (Plotkin & Kawahara, 2020).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Herochroma spp. -
- Inoue, H. 1999. Revision of the genus Herochroma Swinhoe (Geometridae, Geometrinae). Tinea 16 (2): 76-105.
- Han, H., Xue, D. and Li, H., 2003. A study on the genus Herochroma Swinhoe in China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). Kun chong xue bao. Acta entomologica Sinica, 46(5), pp.629-639.
- Plotkin, D. and Kawahara, A.Y., 2020. Review of recent taxonomic changes to the emerald moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae). Biodiversity Data Journal, 8. 1-30.
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| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Herochroma spp. Swinhoe, 1893 – . 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/herochroma-spp, accessed 2025/04/24.