Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852

Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852 View in CoL ( Figs 3, 4, 10, 11, 12)

Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852:55 View in CoL .

Lophoptera costata Moore, 1885:123 View in CoL .

Lophoptera smaragdipanni Chen, 1999:952 View in CoL .

Material examined: INDIA - Bihar, Bodhgaya, Goutam Buddha WLS, Watch Tower , 24.viii.2017, 1♀, leg. N. Singh ; West Champaran, Valmiki TR, Mangooraha , 17.x.2017, 1♀, leg. N. Singh ; INDIA - Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng, Tenga Valley , 08.v.2019, 2♂, 3♀, leg. N. Kuni ; Shergaon , 11.v.2019, 2♀, leg. N. Kuni ; Salari , 12.v.2019, 1♀, leg. N. Kuni.

* Kirti et al. (2014) mentioned L. hypenistis as a new record from India probably missed the publication by Qi et al. (2011) in which it was already mentioned from Sikkim.

Distribution: NW Himalayas ( Hampson, 1894), Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh (present study); Australia, China ( Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet), Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam ( Qi et al., 2011).

Remarks. The more greyish longitudinal stripe on the forewing, male genitalia valva divided into two small arms apically and triangular lateral lobes in female genitalia separate it from its closely allied squammilinea . This is the first record of the species from India.