Beanoides nitida (Tams, 1924) -

Taxonomic Information

This monotypic species is provisionally identified as Beanoides nitida (Tams, 1924) as it has numerous forms and shows considerable variation. 

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  1. Beana nitida Tams, 1924; J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 6 (3): 237, pl. 17, f. 17; TL: Siam, Sriracha
  2. Beana nitida; Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 114/6-18. 
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 21/42-47. 
  4. Pellinen, M.J. and Wahlberg, N., 2021. Changes in the genus Beana Walker (Beaninae Zahiri & Holloway) with two new species and removing Beana nitida Tams to a new genus Beanoides (gen. nov.). Zootaxa, 4941(3), pp.415-424.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1423665-Beanoides-nitida
     

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Beanoides nitida (Tams, 1924) – . 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/beanoides-nitida, accessed 2025/04/23.