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
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| Total | 2 |
- Obdora nigrilinea Walker, 1869. Characters undescr. Lep. Het., p. 95. TL: Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh. Text at https://archive.org/stream/charactersofunde00walkrich#page/95/mode/1up
- Zethes ochrodes Swinhoe, 1899. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 3: 115.
- 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. 13, # 2737 as Zethes nigrilinea.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/saroba/saroba_11_6.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/567548-Tamba-nigrilinea
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Tamba nigrilinea (Walker, 1869) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/tamba-nigrilinea, accessed 2024/05/03.