Lemyra rhodophila (Walker, [1865]) -

Taxonomic Information

Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from S. India (Singh et al 2021).
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) angularis Strand, 1922
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) cernyi N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) coorgensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) cornutiata (Kirti and Gill, 2008) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) eximia (Swinhoe, 1891)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) latauncus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) malshejensis Kirti & Gill, 2008 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) melanochroa (Hampson, 1918) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) neglecta (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) orhanti N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) spilosomata (Walker, 1864 [1865]) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) spinisinferma N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 

Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from NE India.
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) angularis Strand, 1922
Lemyra (Lemyra) venosa (Moore, 1879)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) biseriata (Moore, 1877)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) collarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) excelsa Thomas, 1990 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) flavalis (Moore, 1865) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) khasiana Thomas, 1990
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) magnaproteus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) melanosoma (Hampson, 1894)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) multivittata (Moore, 1865)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) neglecta (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) neurica (Hampson, 1911) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) nigrescens (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) nigrifrons (Walker, 1865)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) obliquivitta (Moore, 1879) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pilosa (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pseudocollarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pseudoneurica N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) punctilinea (Moore, 1879) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rhodophila (Walker, [1865])
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rubidorsa (Moore, 1865)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) sikkimensis (Moore, 1879)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) sordidescens (Hampson 1901) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) stigmata (Moore, [1865]) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) wokhaensis N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi, 2016 

Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from NW Himalaya.
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) bimaculata (Moore, 1879)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) bucseki N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) melanosoma (Hampson, 1894)
Lemyra melli (Daniel, 1943)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) multivittata (Moore, 1865)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pseudobimaculata N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rhodophila (Walker, [1865])
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rubidorsa (Moore, [1865])
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) stigmata (Moore, [1865]) 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) tawaghatensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016

Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from Western India.
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pseudoburmanica N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) saputarensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 

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  1. Spilosoma rhodophila Walker, [1865]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 294; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/294/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Diacrisia rhodophila; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 264. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid03brituoft/page/264/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.Pg. 15, # 1199.
  4. Spilarctia rhodophila; Daniel, 1943, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 33 (3): 708, pl. 19, f. 16-17, 19-20. Text at https://archive.org/details/mitteilungenderm331943mn/page/n1018/mode/1up?view=theater&q=+Spilarctia+rhodophila
  5. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 18/18.
  6. Dubatolov, V.V. 2012. "Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania". Siberian Zoological Museum. Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology.
  7. Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2016. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 2. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 214 pp. Pg. 14 states thorax is yellowish, which seems an error. 
  8. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Plate 5/130.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Lemyra rhodophila (Walker, [1865]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Lemyra-rhodophila, accessed 2024/10/13.