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
Note: Provisionally identified as means separating this species from Tamba delicata Prout, 1932 remains unclear.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Tamba delicata Prout, 1932
Tamba delicata Prout, 1932, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 4: 273.
MOT Vol. 3, Pl. 16/6. Erroneously identified as Tamba multiplaga, which also has green markings.
MOT Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 93, Pl. 11/1.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/saroba/saroba_11_11.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/732804-Tamba-delicata
Note: Not certain on how to separate Tamba multiplaga and Tamba delicata, but presence of green spot near base of forewing and a green patch on abdomen are two differences I can spot in delicata. MOB states multiplaga is a valid taxon from NE Himalaya. If synonymized in the future, Tamba multiplaga will take precedence.
ZSI lists both these species from NE India, but I think that is an error; Faunal Diversity of Indian Himalaya Chandra et al 2018.
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| Total | 1 |
- Zethes multiplaga Swinhoe, 1901. Annals & magazine of natural history, 498; TL: Jaintia Hills. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196038#page/534/mode/1up
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Tamba-multiplaga, accessed 2025/10/31.