Taxonomic Information
Oxymacaria Warren, 1894 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Oxymacaria ceylonica Hampson, 1902. Sri Lanka.
Oxymacaria brunneata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Oxymacaria hepaticata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Oxymacaria maculosata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Oxymacaria oliva (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Oxymacaria palliata (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, N Slopes, the plateau, 6000-7000ft, Maharashtra.
Oxymacaria pectinata Hampson, 1902. India: Palnis, 7000ft.
Oxymacaria penumbrata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Oxymacaria temeraria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Azata palliata Hampson, 1891. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum Part VIII, pg. 113, pl. 151, f. 5. Text at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft08brituoft#page/113/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft08brituoft#page/n178/mode/1up.
- 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 211, #3261.
- Kirti, J.S., Goyal, T. and Kaur, M., 2012. An inventory of family Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from Western Ghats of India. Journal of Entomological Research, 36(1), pp.83-94. Pg. 89.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18551680
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Oxymacaria palliata (Hampson, 1891) – . 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/oxymacaria-palliata, accessed 2025/10/30.