Taxonomic Information
Tamba Walker, 1869 species known from Indian subcontinent.
Tamba apicata (Hampson, 1902) (Zethes). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Tamba cautiperas (Hampson, 1912) (Marapana). Sri Lanka.
Tamba decolor (Walker, 1865) (Focilla). India: Uttar Pradesh (TL).
Tamba griseipars Hampson, 1926. Bhutan (TL).
Tamba lahera (Swinhoe, 1897) (Zethes). India: Andaman Is.
Tamba lala (Swinhoe, 1900) (Zethes). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram.
Tamba lineifera (Walker, 1865) (Ephyrodes). Sri Lanka.
Tamba mnionomera Hampson, 1926. India: Karnataka, West Bengal.
Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901). India: Meghalaya (Jaintia Hill: TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Tamba nigrilinea (Walker, 1869) (Obdora). India: Maharashtra, Mizoram, Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka;
Tamba palliolata (Swinhoe, 1890) (Zethes). Myanmar (TL).
Tamba prunescens Hampson, 1926. India: Sikkim (TL).
Tamba redupilicalis (Walker, [1866]). India (TL).
Tamba rufipennis (Hampson, 1895) (Zethes). Bhutan (TL); Nepal.
Tamba scopulina Hampson, 1926. Myanmar (TL).
Tamba submicacea Walker, 1869. India; Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi: TL).
Tamba venusta (Hampson, 1898) (Egnasia). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Tamba vinolia (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim (TL).
Tamba usurpatalis (Walker, [1859]) (Egnasia). Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Tamba venusta -
Similar species: Tamba taiwana Yoshimoto, 2002. Extralimital species that has ground colour of wings pale brown, lacks purplish tinge of venusta, has diffuse orange spot outside the postmedial, below subcostal and hindwing postmedial line weakly waved. Refer Yoshimoto (2002), Fig 2.
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Egnasia venusta Hampson, 1898. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society vol.11, pg. 460. TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95309#page/570/mode/1up
- Yoshimoto, H. 2002. A new and two unrecorded species of Tamba Walker (Noctuidae, Ophiderinae) from Taiwan, Tinea 17 (1) : 42-47. Fig. 1 &4.
- https://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/FBMothInfo/251004
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Tamba venusta (Hampson, 1898) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Tamba-venusta, accessed 2025/04/30.