Taxonomic Information
Opisthograptis Hübner, 1823 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Opisthograptis crataegata Linnaeus, 1761.
Opisthograptis irrorata (Hampson, 1895). India: Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Opisthograptis luteolata luteolata (Linnaeus, 1758). India: Indian Himalayas (?).
Opisthograptis mimulina Butler, 1886. India: Himachal Pradesh; Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Opisthograptis moelleri Warren, 1893. India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh.
Opisthograptis rumiformis (Hampson, 1902). India: Indian Himalayas.
Opisthograptis sulphurea (Butler, 1880). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Opisthograptis tridentifera (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Opisthograptis luteolata is extralimital being found in Europe and West Asia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Rumia sulphurea Butler, 1880. AMNH (5) vi. Pg. 123.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 184, # 3190.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 72/5.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=274482
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Opisthograptis sulphurea (Butler, 1880) – . 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/opisthograptis-sulphurea, accessed 2025/04/24.