Microblepsis violacea

Microblepsis violacea is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1889. It is found in north-western and north-eastern India, Taiwan and China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian).^[2]

Microblepsis violacea
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Microblepsis
Species:	M. violacea
Binomial name
Microblepsis violacea (Butler, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
Agnidra violacea Butler, 1889 Drepana violacea Albara violacea Albara takasago Okano, 1959

The wingspan is 25–36 mm.:^[3][4]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Castanopsis formosana.^[5]