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. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Carea dione Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Carea internifusca Hampson, 1894. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Carea nebulifera Warren, 1912. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Carea nitida Hampson, 1894. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim.
Carea obsolescens Moore, 1884. India: Maharashtra (Bombay, Mahabaleshwar), Conoor.
Carea varipes Walker, [1857]. Indian subregion.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Carea nitida -
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.
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- 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
- 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.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 114/22.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Carea nitida Hampson, 1894 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/carea-nitida, accessed 2025/10/24.