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, Meghalaya.
Tamba lineifera (Walker, 1865) (Ephyrodes). Sri Lanka.
Tamba mnionomera Hampson, 1926. India: Karnataka, West Bengal.
Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901). India: Meghalaya (TL: Jaintia Hill), 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), Nagaland.
Tamba usurpatalis (Walker, [1859]) (Egnasia). India: Meghalaya; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Note: Tamba usurpatalis (Walker, [1859]) is a new record for India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 |
- Egnasia usurpatalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 219. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/219/mode/1up (female).
- Zethes usurpatalis; 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. 12.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. pg. 65, Pl. 16/17.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/906374-Tamba-usurpatalis
Page citation
Khan, F., 2026 2026. Tamba usurpatalis (Walker, [1859]) – . 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-usurpatalis, accessed 2026/03/01.