Taxonomic Information
Miresa Walker, 1855 species known from the Indian subcontinent
Miresa albipuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Miresa argentifera Walker, 1855. S. India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Miresa bracteata Butler, 1880. India; Bhutan; Nepal.
Miresa burmensis Hering, 1931. Myanmar.
Miresa decedens Walker, 1855.India; Bhutan; Nepal.
Miresa exigua Hering, 1931. India: Naga Hills (TL).
Miresa fulgida Wileman, 1910. Bhutan.
Miresa metathermistis Hampson, 1910. India: Maharashtra (Mumbai), Goa (Karwar), Karnataka (“Canara”).
Miresa nivaha Moore, 1859. India: Karnataka (TL: “Canara”); Kerala.
Miresa pyronota Hampson, 1910. Sri Lanka (TL: Trincomali).
Miresa sibinoides Hering, 1931. India: Karnataka (TL: “Canara”).
Miresa urga Hering, 1933. India: Arunachal Pradesh (?).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Miresa bracteata -
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| Total | 3 | 1 |
Miresa bracteata Butler, 1880: Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Butler, A. 1880. Descriptions of new Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Heterocera. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology(5) 6 (31): 64, TL: Darjeeling in BMNH
- Chun-Sheng Wu and Alexey V. Solovyev, 2011, A Review of the Genus Miresa Walker in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), Journal of Insect Science, v.11 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.011.0134
- . Pg 387 #856
- Pl. 39:14
Other Notes
Miresa fulgida has additional silver triangular streak with silver veins connecting these triangular streaks.
Miresa argentifera lacks the silver triangular streak.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Miresa bracteata Butler, 1880 – . 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/miresa-bracteata, accessed 2025/04/23.