Taxonomic Information
Oxymacaria Warren, 1894 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Oxymacaria ceylonica Hampson, 1902. Sri Lanka.
Oxymacaria brunneata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Oxymacaria hepaticata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Oxymacaria maculosata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Oxymacaria oliva (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Oxymacaria palliata (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, N Slopes, the plateau, 6000-7000ft, Maharashtra.
Oxymacaria pectinata Hampson, 1902. India: Palnis, 7000ft.
Oxymacaria penumbrata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Oxymacaria temeraria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Oxymacaria temeraria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891): Elaeagnus cf. umbellata (Elaeagnaceae) (Singh & Bhanu, 2021) in Sondhi et al. 2021)
- Macaria temeraria Swinhoe, 1891. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1891: 492.Text at https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1891roya#page/492/mode/1up
- Semiothisa temeraria ab. fumosa Warren, 1896. Novit. zool. 3: 320. Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi03lond#page/320/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 207, #3249 as Macaria temeraria.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 7/33 as Heterocalia temeraria.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Macariini/macariini_4_1.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Oxymacaria temeraria (Swinhoe, 1891) – . 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/oxymacaria-temeraria, accessed 2025/11/06.