Taxonomic Information
Oroplema Holloway, 1998 species known from India.
Oroplema oyamana (Matsumura, 1931). India: NE Himalaya.
Oroplema simplex (Warren, 1899). India: S. India (Nilgiris).
Oroplema plagifera (Butler, 1881). N. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Oroplema oyamana (Matsumura, 1931)
Epiplema oyamana Matsumura, 1931, 6000 Insects Japan-Empire, p. 942.
Epiplema dealbata Warren, sensu Holloway, 1976: 683.
Epiplema simplex Warren, sensu Inoue, 1983, Moths of Japan, 2: 311 (mis-identified).
Sohn, J. C. & Yen, S. H. 2005. A Taxonomic Revision of the Korean Epipleminae (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae), with Phylogenetic Comments on the Involved Genera. Zoological Studies 44(1): 44–70. Pg. 64, Fig. 2Q,R,S.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/epipleminae/epipleminae_8_1.php
Based on notes in Sohn & Yen (2005): This species (oyomana) was misidentified as either Oroplema simplex (Warren, 1899) (as Epiplema simplex) or Dysaethria indignaria (Walker, 1866) (as Epiplema indignaria) in the Japanese and Taiwanese literature for a long time. However, the true Oroplema simplex is exclusively distributed in S. India and Sri Lanka. Oroplema simplex can be distinguished from oyamana by having a narrower dark patch at the forewing hind margin and a straighter antemedial line of the hindwing.
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| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 |
- OD: Epiplema simplex Warren, 1899. Novitates zoologicae, Vol. 6, pg 322, #26. TL: S. India (Nilgiris). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3258924#page/354/mode/1up
- Sohn, J. C. & Yen, S. H. 2005. A Taxonomic Revision of the Korean Epipleminae (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae), with Phylogenetic Comments on the Involved Genera. Zoological Studies 44(1): 44–70. Pg. 64, Fig. 2T.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Oroplema simplex (Warren, 1899) – . 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/oroplema-simplex, accessed 2025/04/24.