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ID: Alcis nilgirica Hampson 1891
1.Boarmia nilgirica Hampson. Fauna of British India Vol 3 page 274.#3433
2. Alcis nilgirica Hampson Ill. Het. vol viii p.107. plate 150(CL) fig 12
3. Alcis nilgirica Hampson. Moths of Borneo Vol 11. Note on Page 237.
4.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. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image:130 -131
SS: Agree with ID, though the form here is much darker than shown in the illustration. Of course, the specimens may have lost colour over time, versus the live individual. Or perhaps a darker form.
Alcis nilgirica Hampson, 1891. Ill. Het. vol 8, p.107. plate 150/12. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/117/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/177/mode/1up
1.Boarmia nilgirica Hampson. Fauna of British India Vol 3 page 274.#3433
2. Alcis nilgirica Hampson Ill. Het. vol viii p.107. plate 150(CL) fig 12
3. Alcis nilgirica Hampson. Moths of Borneo Vol 11. Note on Page 237.
4.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. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image:130 -131
SS: Agree with ID, though the form here is much darker than shown in the illustration. Of course, the specimens may have lost colour over time, versus the live individual. Or perhaps a darker form.
Alcis nilgirica Hampson, 1891. Ill. Het. vol 8, p.107. plate 150/12. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/117/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/177/mode/1up
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