Taxonomic Information
List of Mimeusemia Butler, 1875 known from the Indian subcontinent.
Mimeusemia albicilia Hampson, 1894. Myanmar.
Mimeusemia basalis (Walker, 1854). NE India.
Mimeusemia accurata (Swinhoe, 1889). Myanmar.
Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka (TL); India: Tamil Nadu.
Mimeusemia davidsoni Swinhoe, 1899. India: Goa (Karwar: TL), "Canara".
Mimeusemia postica (Walker, 1862). NE India.
Mimeusemia peshwa (Moore, 1858). Himalayas.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Mimeusemia ceylonica -
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- Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 89, pl. 157, f. 24; TL: Ceylon. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n194/mode/1up?view=theater. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/89/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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. 160, # 1583, Fig. 104.
- Mimeusemia ceylonica; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 611, f. 266. https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid03brituoft/page/611/mode/1up?view=theater
- Subbaiah T & Prakhalathan P., 2023. Rediscovery of crepuscular moth Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893 (Noctuidae: Agaristinae) after 127 years and its distribution in India. Species 2023; 24: e20s1020. https://discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2023/v24/n73/e20s1020.pdf
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893 – . 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/Mimeusemia-ceylonica, accessed 2025/04/24.