''Scopula butleri'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by

Prout Prout may refer to: Surname * Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland (1942–2009), British politician * Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), English composer, music theorist, writer and teacher * Elizabeth Prout (1820–1864), Catholic nun and Servant of Go ...

in 1913. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya,

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and Borneo.The Moths of Borneo
/ref> The habitat consists of lowland forests and lower montane forests. The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm.

Subspecies

*''Scopula butleri butleri'' (north-eastern Himalaya, Sumatra, China, Japan) *''Scopula butleri aequibrachiata'' Holloway, 1997 (Borneo)

References

Moths described in 1913 Moths of Asia butleri Taxa named by Louis Beethoven Prout {{Scopula-stub