Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Notodontidae
Subfamily
Notodontinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Notodontinii
Genus
Chlorostauropus Kiriakoff, 1968
Type Species
Stauropus viridissimus Bethune-Baker, 1904
Species/Subspecies
Chlorostauropus alternus albescens Moore, 1879 (Stauropus)
Type Locality
Mangalore [Karnataka, India]
Remarks
Schintlmeister (2013) used <i>Chlorostauropus</i> as the subgenus under the genus <i>Stauropus</i>. Kobayashi & Nonaka (2016) revived <i>Chlorostauropus</i> as a valid genus. Therefore, the valid names of the following two species are followed after Kobayashi & Nonaka (2016).
Distribution
States/Union Territories
Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya