Herimba atkinsoni (Moore, 1879) -

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Moths of Laos lists numerous similar extralimital species. Pl. 91. Herimba disconjuncta Yen & Kishida is an extralimital similar species.

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  1. Herimba atkinsoni Moore, 1879. Desc. New Ind. Lep. Ins. 21, pl. 2/3. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/21/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig.pg. 325, Fig. 223.
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pg. 41, Pl. 53/36.
  4. Yen, S.H. and Kishida, Y., 1997. Revision on Herimba atkinsoni Moore, 1879 (Thyrididae: Striglininae) and descriptions of three new subspecies from China and Taiwan. Lepidoptera Science, 48(2), pp.97-108.
  5. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Haruta%20Collection/70_Calidulidae/Herimba%20atkinsoni/Herimba%20atkinsoni.htm

Note: Griveaudia atkinsoni (Moore, 1879) on Lepindex. This species shows some variation in the white spots/band on FW.

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Herimba atkinsoni (Moore, 1879) – . 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/herimba-atkinsoni, accessed 2025/04/24.