Oxymacaria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Oxymacaria known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Oxymacaria ceylonica Hampson, 1902. Sri Lanka.
Oxymacaria hepaticata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Khasi hills, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Oxymacaria maculosata maculosata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Oxymacaria oliva (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Oxymacaria palliata (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, N Slopes, the plateau, 6000-7000ft, Maharashtra.
Oxymacaria pectinata Hampson, 1902. India: Palnis, 7000ft.
Oxymacaria penumbrata penumbrata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Oxymacaria temeraria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh122
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1
Total223

Oxymacaria temeraria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891)Elaeagnus cf. umbellata (Elaeagnaceae) (Singh & Bhanu, 2021) in Sondhi et al. 2021)

  1. Macaria temeraria Swinhoe, 1891. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1891: 492.Text at https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1891roya#page/492/mode/1up
  2. Semiothisa temeraria ab. fumosa Warren, 1896. Novit. zool. 3: 320. Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi03lond#page/320/mode/1up
  3. 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. 207, #3249 as Macaria temeraria.
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 7/33 as Heterocalia temeraria
  5. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Macariini/macariini_4_1.php
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Oxymacaria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/oxymacaria-temeraria, accessed 2024/04/19.