Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860 -

Taxonomic Information

Corymica Walker, 1860 species known from India.
Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala. Oriental tropics (MOB). 
Corymica deducta (Walker, 1866).India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Nagaland, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka. 
Corymica exiguinota Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris. 
Corymica immaculata Warren, 1897. India: Sikkim, Nagaland. 
Corymica pryeri Butler, 1878. Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharmsala). 
Corymica pryeri vitrigera Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharmsala).
Corymica spatiosa Prout, 1925. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Corymica specularia (Moore, 1868). India: Assam, Uttarakhand. 
Corymica vesicularia (Walker, 1866). India: NE Himalaya. 

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Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860: Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. OD: Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 231; TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1921brit/page/231/mode/1up?view=theater (female)
  2. Corymica arnearia; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 851. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen782zool/page/851/mode/1up?view=theater
  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. 185, # 3193. Lists vesicularia a synonym, which is now treated as a valid species. 
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymica_arnearia#/media/File:Corymica_arnearia.jpg for female. 
  5. http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=344761&photo_id=f2632a189c93cbbb9fb9eea740bccf5d
  6. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/69_Geometridae/72.2_Ennominae/2927_Corymica/2927_Corymica_arnearia/Corymica_arnearia.htm
  7. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Hypochrosini/hypochrosini_13_1.php
 Note: Identification of Corymica species is supported by underside details; hence listed as cf. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860 – . 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/corymica-arnearia, accessed 2026/02/07.