Carea nitida Hampson, 1894 -

Taxonomic Information

Carea Walker, [1857] species known from the Indian subcontinent:

Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793). Indian subregion. 

Carea albirufa Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka. 

Carea albopurpurea Hampson, 1894. Sikkim, Khasis, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.

Carea dione Swinhoe, 1905. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Carea internifusca Hampson, 1894. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Carea nebulifera Warren, 1912. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 

Carea nitida Hampson, 1894. Sikkim. 

Carea obsolescens Moore, 1884. Bombay, Maharashtra.

Carea varipes Walker, [1857]. Indian subregion.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. Carea nitida 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. 423. TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/stream/moths02hamp#page/423/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1905. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the collection of the British Museum. Pg. 549. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61180#page/575/mode/1up for a key of Carea
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 114/22.

Other Notes

Carea dione Swinhoe, 1905 is a similar species which has HW slightly suffused with red, while Carea nitida Hampson, 1894 has HW strongly suffused with red.

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Carea nitida Hampson, 1894 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.63. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/carea-nitida, accessed 2023/12/11.