Taxonomic Information
Timora Walker, 1856 species known from India (Joshi et al, 2025).
Timora albicilia Hampson, 1903. India: Sikkim (TL), West Bengal.
Timora artaxoides (Moore, 1881). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu, Dalhousie), Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim.
Timora aureola (Walker, 1856). India: Maharashtra (Pune), Karnataka (TL: "Canara").
Timora beatrix (Moore, 1881). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal.
Timora bimaculata (Moore, 1888). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
Timora bivittata (Walker, 1856). India: Madhya Pradesh (Mhow), Maharahstra, South India.
Timora dora (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Maharashtra (TL: Khandala), Karnataka.
Timora galatheae (Wallengren, 1856). India: S. India, Maharashtra (Khandala).
Timora hololeuca Hampson, 1903. India: Karnataka (TL: Belgaum), Maharashtra.
Timora ignea (Hampson, 1891). India: S. India (TL: Nilgiris).
Timora irrorata (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim.
Timora metaphaea Hampson, 1903. India: NW Himalaya, NE India, Himachal Pradesh (Mandi), Sikkim.
Timora modesta (Moore, 1881). India: Uttar Pradesh (TL: Manpuri [probably Mainpuri]).
Timora perstriata (Hampson, 1903). India: Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kangra).
Timora radiata (Moore, 1881). India: N. India, S. India, Sikkim, Karnataka (Belgaum), Nilgiris, Rajasthan.
Timora rosacea (Hampson, 1891). India: Kerala, South India (TL: Nilgiris).
Timora semifusca (Seymour, 1972). India: Karnataka (TL: Belgaum).
Timora sanguinolenta (Moore, 1881). India: Maharashtra (TL: "Bombay").
Timora sinuata (Moore, 1881). India: Maharashtra (TL: "Bombay").
Timora tosta (Moore, 1888). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala).
Timora uniformis Warren, 1913. India: Assam (TL: "Tezpore").
Timora uncta (Swinhoe, 1885). India: Maharashtra (TL: "Bombay").
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Dorika sanguinolenta Moore 1881. Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, pg 363. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759493#page/465/mode/1up
- Timora sanguinolenta Moore, 1881. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Vol 4, pg. 178, Pl. 57, fig 28. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18409591#page/134/mode/1up.
- 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 178, # 1610 as Chariclea sanguinolenta.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.) 1912.The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 11, pg. 313, Pl. 28c.
Joshi, R., Raha, A., Bandyopadhyay, U., Bhattacharyya, K. and Singh, N., 2025. A catalogue of Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India. Zootaxa, 5669(1), pp.1-225. - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1113553-Timora-sanguinolenta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Timora sanguinolenta (Moore, 1881) – . 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/timora-sanguinolenta, accessed 2025/10/18.