Amblychia nimia (Prout, 1925) -

Taxonomic Information

Amblychia (Guenée, [1858]) species known from India.
Amblychia angeronaria (Guenée, [1858]).India. 
Amblychia hymenaria (Guenée, [1858]). TL: Central India.
Amblychia nimia (Prout, 1925). NE India; Bhutan (TL). 
Amblychia pardicelata (Walker, [1863]).India (Hindostan: TL). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. OD: Elphos nimia Prout, 1925. Novit. Zool. 32: 54. TL: Bhutan. Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi32lond#page/54/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. MothsVol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 250, # 3363 as Elphos pardicelata megaspilata, the eastern race of A. pardicelata
  3. 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.Image 282. 

Incorrectly listed as Amblychia pardiceleta on the MOI website. Corrected to Amblychia nimia on 15 December 2020 (SS).

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Amblychia nimia (Prout, 1925) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/amblychia-nimia, accessed 2024/03/29.