Tamba venusta (Hampson, 1898) -

Taxonomic Information

Tamba Walker, 1869 species known from Indian subcontinent. 
Tamba apicata (Hampson, 1902) (Zethes). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Tamba cautiperas (Hampson, 1912) (Marapana). Sri Lanka. 
Tamba decolor (Walker, 1865) (Focilla). India: Uttar Pradesh (TL). 
Tamba griseipars Hampson, 1926. Bhutan (TL). 
Tamba lahera (Swinhoe, 1897) (Zethes). India: Andaman Is. 
Tamba lineifera (Walker, 1865) (Ephyrodes). Sri Lanka.
Tamba mnionomera Hampson, 1926. India: Karnataka, West Bengal. 
Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901). India: Meghalaya (Jaintia Hill: TL). 
Tamba nigrilinea (Walker, 1869) (Obdora). India: Maharashtra, Mizoram, Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka; 
Tamba palliolata (Swinhoe, 1890) (Zethes). Myanmar (TL). 
Tamba prunescens Hampson, 1926. India: Sikkim (TL). 
Tamba redupilicalis (Walker, [1866]). India (TL). 
Tamba rufipennis (Hampson, 1895) (Zethes). Bhutan (TL); Nepal. 
Tamba scopulina Hampson, 1926. Myanmar (TL).
Tamba submicacea Walker, 1869. India; Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi: TL). 
Tamba venusta (Hampson, 1898) (Egnasia). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Tamba vinolia (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim (TL).
Tamba usurpatalis (Walker, [1859]) (Egnasia). Sri Lanka

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Tamba venusta -


Similar species: Tamba taiwana Yoshimoto, 2002. Extralimital species that has ground colour of wings pale brown, lacks purplish tinge of venusta, has diffuse orange spot outside the postmedial, below subcostal and hindwing postmedial line weakly waved. Refer Yoshimoto (2002), Fig 2.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
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
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total11
  1. OD: Egnasia venusta Hampson, 1898. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society vol.11, pg. 460. TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95309#page/570/mode/1up
  2. Yoshimoto, H. 2002. A new and two unrecorded species of Tamba Walker (Noctuidae, Ophiderinae) from Taiwan, Tinea 17 (1) : 42-47. Fig. 1 &4. 
  3. https://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/FBMothInfo/251004

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Tamba venusta (Hampson, 1898) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Tamba-venusta, accessed 2024/03/28.