Amraica recursaria (Walker, 1860) -

Taxonomic Information

Amraica Moore, 1888 species known from the Indian subcontinent based on Sato (2003), Kirti et al (2019) and Rao & Sivaperuman (2022). 
Amraica recursaria (Walker, 1860). India: Central India (TL), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu. 
Amraica asahinai Inoue, 2003. Myanmar; Nepal. 
Amraica ferrolavata (Walker, [1863]). India; Nepal. 
Amraica solivagaria (Walker, 1866). India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Narcondam Island). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh3131
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya2
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total321312
  1. OD: Boarmia recursaria Walker, 1860, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus.
    21: 374. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1921brit/page/374/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Listed as Amraica fortissima in Moore, 1888; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (3): 245; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/245/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546p- 226 figs. Pg. 246, #3356 as Biston recursaria.
  4. Sato, R., 1981. Notes on Buzura (Amraica) recursaria (Walker) and its allies from Japan and adjacent countries, with description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Lepidoptera Science, 32(1-2), pp.85-93.
  5. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 24, Pl. 38/11.
  6. Sato, R. 2003. Revisional notes on the genus Amraica Moore (Geometridae, Ennominae) from Southeast Asia, with descriptions of six new species. Tinea, 17(5), pp.238-254.
  7. Jiang, N., Sato, R. and Han, H., 2012. One new and one newly recorded species of the genus Amraica Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from China, with diagnoses of the Chinese species. Entomological science, 15(2), pp.219-231.
  8. Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K. 2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Plate 85.1.
  9. Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 134.
  10. Rao, B.S.K. and Sivaperuman, C., 2022. New distributional record of Heterocera from Andaman and Nicobar Islands with six new additions to Indian Lepidoptera Fauna (Insecta: Lepidoptera). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 50(200), pp.643-652.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Amraica recursaria (Walker, 1860) – . 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/amraica-recursaria, accessed 2024/04/25.