Taxonomic Information
Similiar species:
Noreia Walker, 1861 species known from India.
Noreia ajaia (Walker, 1859). S. India, N. India; Sri Lanka.
Noreia vulsipennis Prout, 1934. Naga Hills.
Noreia lapidata (Warren, 1893). Naga Hills.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Noreia ajaia (Walker, 1859): Mimusops elengi (Sapotaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- Timandra ajaia Walker, 1859. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 3: 195. Text at https://archive.org/stream/journalofproceed00linn#page/n278/mode/1up. For male, which is ash-grey.
- Noreia perdensata Walker, 1862. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 24: 1092; TL: Ceylon & N. India. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso2224brit#page/1092/mode/1up. Female, which is more brownish.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 324, # 3577 as Noreia perdensata.
- Prout, 1934 In: Seitz, A. (Ed.) Macro Lep. World. 12:136.
- 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. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Pg. 7, Pl. 6, #103.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/desmobathrini/desmobathrini_2_1.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Noreia ajaia (Walker, 1859) – . 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/noreia-ajaia, accessed 2025/04/24.