Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Mimeusemia Butler, 1875 known from the Indian subcontinent.
Mimeusemia albicilia Hampson, 1894. Myanmar. 
Mimeusemia basalis (Walker, 1854). NE India. 
Mimeusemia accurata (Swinhoe, 1889). Myanmar. 
Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka (TL); India: Tamil Nadu. 
Mimeusemia davidsoni Swinhoe, 1899. India: Goa (Karwar: TL), "Canara". 
Mimeusemia postica (Walker, 1862). NE India. 
Mimeusemia peshwa (Moore, 1858). Himalayas. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Mimeusemia ceylonica -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
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
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Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 89, pl. 157, f. 24; TL: Ceylon. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n194/mode/1up?view=theater. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/89/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. 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. 160, # 1583, Fig. 104.
  3. Mimeusemia ceylonica; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 611, f. 266. https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid03brituoft/page/611/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Subbaiah T & Prakhalathan P., 2023. Rediscovery of crepuscular moth Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893 (Noctuidae: Agaristinae) after 127 years and its distribution in India. Species 2023; 24: e20s1020. https://discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2023/v24/n73/e20s1020.pdf

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893 – . 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://www.mothsofindia.org/Mimeusemia-ceylonica, accessed 2024/04/23.