Taxonomic Information
Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from S. India (Singh et al., 2024).
Lemyra angularis Strand, 1922. Considered a synonym of Lemyra spilosomata (Walker, 1864 [1865]) (Singh et al., 2024).
Lemyra cernyi N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Kerala (TL: Vadaserikara).
Lemyra coorgensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Karnataka (TL: Madikeri).
Lemyra cornutiata (Kirti & Gill, 2008). India: Karnataka (TL: Ganeshgudi).
Lemyra eximia (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Karnataka (TL: Canara").
Lemyra latauncus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Karnataka (TL: Madikeri).
Lemyra malshejensis Kirti & Gill, 2008. India: Maharashtra (TL: Malshej Ghat).
Lemyra melanochroa (Hampson, 1918). India: S. India.
Lemyra neglecta (Rothschild, 1910). India: Sikkim (TL), Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir; Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra orhanti N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India Kerala (TL: Chendruni).
Lemyra spilosomata (Walker, 1864 [1865]). India: Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
Lemyra spinisinferma N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Kerala (TL: Vallakadavu).
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 adunca H. Singh, Rana, Kirti & N. Singh, 2024. India: West Bengal (TL: Kalimpong), Arunachal Pradesh.
Lemyra apatani H. Singh, Rana, Kirti & N. Singh, 2024. India: Arunachal Pradesh (TL: Old Ziro).
Lemyra fortiorspina H. Singh, Rana, Kirti & N. Singh, 2024. India: Arunachal Pradesh (TL: Tawang).
Lemyra venosa (Moore, 1879). India: Meghalaya, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling)
Lemyra biseriata (Moore, 1877). India: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengla, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Lemyra densimacula H. Singh, Rana, Kirti & N. Singh, 2024. India: Nagaland (TL: Kohima), West Bengal.
Lemyra excelsa Thomas, 1990. India: Sikkim (TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Lemyra flavalis (Moore, 1865). India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir.
Lemyra kaikarisi Saldaitis, Volynkin & Duda, 2019. India: Nagaland.
Lemyra khasiana Thomas, 1990. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh.
Lemyra melanosoma (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim (TL), West Bengal, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh; Myanmar.
Lemyra multivittata (Moore, 1865). West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling),Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra neglecta (Rothschild, 1910). India: Sikkim (TL), Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir; Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra neurica (Hampson, 1911). India: Sikkim, West Bengal.
Lemyra nigrescens (Rothschild, 1910). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Assam, Sikkim.
Lemyra nigrifrons (Walker, 1865). India: Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, west Bengal; Myanmar.
Lemyra obliquivitta (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Mizoram, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur; Bhutan.
Lemyra persephone Saldaitis, Volynkin & Dubatolov, 2020. India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim.
Lemyra pilosa (Rothschild, 1910). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Lemyra proteus (De Joannis, 1928). India: Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir.
Lemyra pseudocollarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016
Lemyra pseudoneurica N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi, 2016. India: Nagaland (TL: Wokha), Mizoram.
Lemyra rhodophila (Walker, 1864 [1865]). India: Himachal Pradesh east to E. Himalaya, Nagaland, Manipur;
Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra rubidorsa (Moore, 1865). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Mizoram, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Pakistan.
Lemyra rubripecta H. Singh, Rana, Kirti & N. Singh, 2024. India: Arunachal Pradesh (TL: Old Ziro).
Lemyra sikkimensis (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Lemyra sordidescens (Hampson 1901). India: Sikkim (TL), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Lemyra stigmata (Moore, 1865). India: Kashmir east to E. Himalaya, Nagaland; Nepal; Bhutan.
Lemyra wokhaensis N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi, 2016. India: Nagaland (TL: Wokha).
Lemyra Walker, 1856 species known from NW Himalaya.
Lemyra bimaculata (Moore, 1879). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharmshala), Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal.
Lemyra bucseki N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Vazula).
Lemyra flavalis (Moore, 1865). India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir.
Lemyra khasiana Thomas, 1990. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh.
Lemyra melanosoma (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim (TL), West Bengal, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh; Myanmar.
Lemyra melli (Daniel, 1943). India: Uttarakhand.
Lemyra multivittata (Moore, 1865). West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling),Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra neglecta (Rothschild, 1910). India: Sikkim (TL), Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir; Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra proteus (De Joannis, 1928). India: Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir.
Lemyra pseudobimaculata N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Uttarakhand (TL: Pithoragarh district], Tawaghat).
Lemyra rhodophila (Walker, 1864 [1865]). India: Himachal Pradesh east to E. Himalaya, Nagaland, Manipur;
Nepal; Myanmar.
Lemyra rubidorsa (Moore, 1865). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Mizoram, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Pakistan.
Lemyra stigmata (Moore, 1865). India: Kashmir east to E. Himalaya, Nagaland; Nepal; Bhutan.
Lemyra tawaghatensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. 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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Other similar spp. from India compared:
Lemyra (Lemyra) venosa (Moore, 1879) – TL : West Bengal , FW pale brownish-ochreous with veins ochreous white
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) bimaculata (Moore, 1879) – TL : Uttarakhand, FW ochreous-yellow with black spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) biseriata (Moore, 1877) – TL: Andamans? FW pale orange red with series of black spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) bucseki N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Himachal Pradesh , FW pale yellow with series of dark spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) cernyi N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Kerala , FW black with reddish yellow patches
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) collarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016 – TL : Assam , FW black with crimson collar
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) coorgensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Karnataka, FW brown with yellow markings
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) cornutiata (Kirti and Gill, 2008) – TL : Karnataka, FW black-brown with yellow costal spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) excelsa Thomas, 1990 – TL : Sikkim, FW white with faint medial band
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) eximia (Swinhoe, 1891) – TL : Karnataka, FW orange red with black spots & bands
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) flavalis (Moore, 1865) – TL : West Bengal, FW buff yellow with black spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) khasiana Thomas, 1990 – TL : Meghalaya, FW shiny white with yellowish costa & no markings
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) latauncus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Karnataka , FW sandy brown black medial band & series of spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) magnaproteus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Nagaland , FW dull yellow with broad black bands & streaks
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) malshejensis Kirti & Gill, 2008 – TL : Maharashtra, FW ochreous with diffused brown bands
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) melanochroa (Hampson, 1918) – TL : Tamil Nadu, FW black-brown with ochreous white bands
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) melanosoma (Hampson, 1894) – TL : Sikkim, FW pure white without markings
Lemyra melli (Daniel, 1943) – TL : Yunnan, distribution includes Uttarakhand, FW yellowish white with brown spots & streaks
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) multivittata (Moore, [1866]) – TL : West Bengal, FW creamy white with black maculate bands
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) neglecta (Rothschild, 1910) – TL : Sikkim, FW white, female with black spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) neurica (Hampson, 1911) – TL : Sikkim, FW creamy white with series of black spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) nigrescens (Rothschild, 1910) – TL : Meghalaya, FW black with red markings
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) nigrifrons (Walker, 1865) – TL : India, FW white with black head
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) obliquivitta (Moore, 1879) – TL : West Bengal, FW pale yellowish-ochreous with black medial band & streaks
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) orhanti N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Kerala, FW yellow & black
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pilosa (Rothschild, 1910) – TL : Meghalaya, FW orange buff (male), yellow buff with black dots (female)
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pseudobimaculata N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Uttarakhand. FW orange yellow with few spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pseudoburmanica N. Singh & Kirti, 2016– TL : Maharashtra, FW creamy white with 4 series of black spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pseudocollarlis N. Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2016 – TL : Assam, FW black with crimson base & patches
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) pseudoneurica N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi, 2016 – TL : Nagaland , FW black with reddish brown costal patch
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) punctilinea (Moore, 1879) – TL : West Bengal, FW creamy yellowish white with a dark brown band
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rhodophila (Walker, 1864 [1865]) – TL : India, FW pure white with blackish maculate bands
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rubidorsa (Moore, 1865) – TL : West Bengal, FW white with grey maculated band & spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) saputarensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Gujarat, FW dull white irrorated with fuscous & spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) sikkimensis (Moore, 1879) – TL : West Bengal, FW ochreous brown with series of black spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) sordidescens (Hampson 1901) – TL : Sikkim, FW dull reddish brown with traces of lines
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) spilosomata (Walker, [1865]) – TL : South India, FW white, slightly hyaline
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) spinisinferma N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Kerala , FW dull yellow with series of black spots
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) stigmata (Moore, 1865) – TL : West Bengal , FW pale buff yellow with series of spots & streaks
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) tawaghatensis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016 – TL : Uttarakhand , FW pale ochreous with subbasal black spot
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) wokhaensis N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi, 2016 – TL : Nagaland , FW black with ochreous patches
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- OD: Diacrisia indica Strand, E. 1914. Guer ab. Angularis, Lepidopterorum catalogus 22: 181. Text at: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/155680#page/405/mode/1up
- Thyrgorina angularis in Kirti & Gill, 2008. Revival and recharacterization of genus Thyrgorina Walker and taxonomic studies on four Indian species of this genus from Western Ghats of India. Full text here.
- Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 205 pp. Page 52.
- Singh et al. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae - https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5058.1.1
- 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.
Note: Considered a synonym of Lemyra spilosomata (Walker, [1865]) (Singh et al 2024).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lemyra angularis Strand, 1922 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/lemyra-angularis, accessed 2025/08/16.