Taxonomic Information
Amraica Moore, 1888 species known from the Indian subcontinent based on Sato (2003), Kirti et al (2019) and Rao & Sivaperuman (2022).
Amraica recursaria (Walker, 1860). India: Central India (TL), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu.
Amraica asahinai Inoue, 2003. Myanmar; Nepal.
Amraica ferrolavata (Walker, [1863]). India; Nepal.
Amraica solivagaria (Walker, 1866). India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Narcondam Island).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Boarmia recursaria Walker, 1860, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus.
21: 374. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1921brit/page/374/mode/1up?view=theater - Listed as Amraica fortissima in Moore, 1888; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (3): 245; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/245/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546p- 226 figs. Pg. 246, #3356 as Biston recursaria.
- Sato, R., 1981. Notes on Buzura (Amraica) recursaria (Walker) and its allies from Japan and adjacent countries, with description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Lepidoptera Science, 32(1-2), pp.85-93.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 24, Pl. 38/11.
- Sato, R. 2003. Revisional notes on the genus Amraica Moore (Geometridae, Ennominae) from Southeast Asia, with descriptions of six new species. Tinea, 17(5), pp.238-254.
- Jiang, N., Sato, R. and Han, H., 2012. One new and one newly recorded species of the genus Amraica Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from China, with diagnoses of the Chinese species. Entomological science, 15(2), pp.219-231.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K. 2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Plate 85.1.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 134.
- Rao, B.S.K. and Sivaperuman, C., 2022. New distributional record of Heterocera from Andaman and Nicobar Islands with six new additions to Indian Lepidoptera Fauna (Insecta: Lepidoptera). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 50(200), pp.643-652.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Amraica recursaria (Walker, 1860) – . 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/amraica-recursaria, accessed 2025/04/23.