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
Similar species: Lemyra (Thyrgorina) latauncus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016, Lemyra (Thyrgorina) orhanti N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
Notes from Singh et al 2024 below.
Lemyra (T.) eximia (Figs 34, 35) also resembles L. (T.) biseriata in external appearance except for thicker maculation on forewing and in hindwing, thicker and larger series of marginal spots. whereas in L. (T.) biseriata (Figs 7–9), maculation of forewing is thinner and hindwing has two tornal spots.
The south Indian species L. (T.) eximia (Figs 34–36) is somewhat reminiscent to the Himalayan species, L. (T.) biseriata (Figs 7–9), L. (T.) bimaculata (Figs 26–27) and L. (T.) densimacula sp. nov. (Figs 10, 11), but is almost unmistakable by its more reddish colour. Lemyra (T.) eximia is further distinct from L. (T.) biseriata and L. (T.) bimaculata, by stronger wing maculation. The intensity of wing maculation in L. (T.) eximia is more similar to L. (T.) densimacula sp. nov., whereas the broad marginal band on hindwing of the latter is replaced by a series of marginal spots in L. (T.) eximia.
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| Total | 1 |
- Alpenus eximia Swinhoe, 1891; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (1): 137, pl. 8, f. 8; TL: N.Canara. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1891roya2/page/137/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105347#page/649/mode/1up
- Diacrisia eximia; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 301. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid03brituoft/page/301/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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. 16-17, Fig. 34-35.
Note: the markings of this individual match eximia well. However, the ochreous red color mentioned in the OD is absent. Detailed notes at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145361430. This also shows an individual that lacks ochreous red.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lemyra eximia (Swinhoe, 1891) – . 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/lemyra-eximia, accessed 2025/07/21.