Agathia gemma Swinhoe, 1892 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Agathia Guenée, [1858] known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019). 
Agathia angustilimes Prout, 1926. India: Pusa, Bihar. 
Agathia arcuata Moore, 1868. India: Bengal. 
Agathia beata Butler, 1880. India: Sikkim, Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Agathia carissima prasina Swinhoe, 1893. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Agathia codina Swinhoe, 1892. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Agathia conviridaria (Hübner, 1823). 
Agathia diversiformis Warren, 1894. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Agathia gaudens Prout, 1932. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Agathia gemma Swinhoe, 1892. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Agathia gigantea Butler, 1880. India: Indian Himalaya. 
Agathia hemithearia Guenée, 1857. India: Central India. 
Agathia hilarata Guenée, [1858]. India: Central India. 
Agathia incudaria antitheta Prout, 1932. India: Sikkim, 1300-2000ft. 
Agathia lactala Herbulot, 1977. India: Andaman. 
Agathia laetata (Fabricius, 1794). India: Andaman Island, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya. 
Agathia laetata andamanensis Prout, 1932.  
Agathia laetata isogyna Prout, 1916. 
Agathia laqueifera Prout, 1912. India: Upper Assam, Digboi. 
Agathia lycaenaria (Kollar, 1844). India: Himalayas, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.  
Agathia lycaenaria impar Prout, 1916. India: South India, Belgaum, Karnataka, Travancore, Kerala. 
Agathia magnifica Moore, 1879. Sri Lanka; India: Indian Himalaya. 
Agathia microlaetata Goyal, Kirti & Saxena, 2018. India: Jog falls, Karnataka. 
Agathia quinaria Moore, 1868. India: Bengal. 
Agathia solaria Swinhoe, 1905. India: NE Himalaya. 
Agathia visenda Butler, 1880. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Agathia visenda gaudens Prout, 1932.

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  1. OD: Agathia gemma Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1892. Pg. 8.
  2. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=466300 [accessed 27 January 2019]
  3. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9537654
  4. 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 485, # 4042. Listed as synonym of Agathia magnifica.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Agathia gemma Swinhoe, 1892 – . 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/agathia-gemma, accessed 2024/03/28.