Taxonomic Information
Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from S. India (Singh et al 2021).
Lemyra angularis Strand, 1922. Considered a synonym of Lemyra spilosomata (Walker, 1864 [1865]) (Singh et al 2024).
Lemyra cernyi N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Lemyra coorgensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Lemyra cornutiata (Kirti and Gill, 2008)
Lemyra eximia (Swinhoe, 1891)
Lemyra latauncus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Lemyra malshejensis Kirti & Gill, 2008
Lemyra melanochroa (Hampson, 1918)
Lemyra neglecta (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra orhanti N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Lemyra spilosomata (Walker, 1864 [1865])
Lemyra spinisinferma N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from NE India.
Lemyra angularis Strand, 1922. Considered a synonym of Lemyra spilosomata (Walker, 1864 [1865]) (Singh et al 2024).
Lemyra venosa (Moore, 1879). India: Meghalaya, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling)
Lemyra biseriata (Moore, 1877)
Lemyra collarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016
Lemyra excelsa Thomas, 1990
Lemyra flavalis (Moore, 1865). India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir.
Lemyra khasiana Thomas, 1990
Lemyra magnaproteus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Lemyra melanosoma (Hampson, 1894)
Lemyra multivittata (Moore, 1865)
Lemyra neglecta (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra neurica (Hampson, 1911)
Lemyra nigrescens (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra nigrifrons (Walker, 1865)
Lemyra obliquivitta (Moore, 1879)
Lemyra pilosa (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra pseudocollarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016
Lemyra pseudoneurica N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi, 2016
Lemyra punctilinea (Moore, 1879)
Lemyra rhodophila (Walker, 1864 [1865]). India: Himachal Pradesh east to E. Himalaya, Nagaland, Manipur;
Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra rubidorsa (Moore, 1865)
Lemyra sikkimensis (Moore, 1879)
Lemyra sordidescens (Hampson 1901)
Lemyra stigmata (Moore, 1865). India: Kashmir east to E. Himalaya, Nagaland; Nepal; Bhutan.
Lemyra wokhaensis N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi, 2016
Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from NW Himalaya.
Lemyra bimaculata (Moore, 1879)
Lemyra bucseki N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Lemyra flavalis (Moore, 1865). India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir.
Lemyra melanosoma (Hampson, 1894)
Lemyra melli (Daniel, 1943)
Lemyra multivittata (Moore, 1865)
Lemyra pseudobimaculata N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Lemyra rhodophila (Walker, 1864 [1865]). India: Himachal Pradesh east to E. Himalaya, Nagaland, Manipur;
Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra rubidorsa (Moore, 1865)
Lemyra stigmata (Moore, 1865). India: Kashmir east to E. Himalaya, Nagaland; Nepal; Bhutan.
Lemyra tawaghatensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: India: Uttarakhand (TL: Pithoragarh district], Tawaghat)
Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from Western India.
Lemyra pseudoburmanica N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Maharashtra, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir.
Lemyra saputarensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India, Gujarat (TL: Dang district], Saputara).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 4 |
- Spilosoma flavalis Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 809; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/809/mode/1up?view=theater
- Spilosoma rubitincta Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 809; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/808/mode/1up?view=theater
- Spilosoma lativitta Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 809; TL: Sikkim. Text https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/809/mode/1up?view=theater
- Diacrisia flavalis; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 283, pl. 45, f. 3; Rothschild, 1910, Novit. Zool. 17 (2): 132. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid03brituoft/page/283/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid13brit/page/n213/mode/2up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 79/12 & 13 for flavalis and rubitincta.
- Singh, H., Raha, A., Kirti, J.S. and Singh, N., 2024. Taxonomic review of the genus Lemyra Walker (Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India. Zootaxa, 5454(1), pp.1-69. Pg. 10, Figs 12–17.
- Synonyms & forms are mentioned here - http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039687DAFFD6FFE0FF4CFAC7FEAAF07C
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lemyra flavalis (Moore, [1866]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/lemyra-flavalis, accessed 2025/07/19.