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Ambadra Moore, 1883
Ambadra Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 : 16 (repl. for Corma Moore, 1881), TS: Eumeta rafflesi Moore
Corma Moore, 1881; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 : 326 (preocc. Corma Walker, [1865] (Zygaenidae)), TS: Eumeta rafflesi Moore
Suriga Kiriakoff, 1962; Bull. Ann. Soc. r. ent. Belg. 98 (10) : 153 (key), 208, TS: Turnaca suriga Schaus

Ambadra rafflesi (Moore, [1860])
Sundaland, Sulawesi. See [About maps] Eumeta rafflesi Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2 : 430
Ambadra rafflesi ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 98; Holloway, 1982, in Barlow, Intr. Moths of South East Asia. Taxonomic app.: 206; [MOB4: 40, pl. 3, f. 36]

Larva on Elaeis guineensis [MOB4]

Ambadra rafflesi borneensis ; [MOB4, 40 (note)]

Ambadra suriga (Schaus, 1928)
Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi. See [About maps] Turnaca suriga Schaus, 1928; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 73 (2740) : 88, TL: Mindanao I., Surigao
Suriga suriga ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 98
Ambadra suriga ; Holloway, 1982, in Barlow, Intr. Moths of South East Asia. Taxonomic app.: 206; [MOB4: 41, pl. 3, f. 37]

Ambadra stigmatica Gaede²
India, Malaya. See [About maps] Ambadra stigmatica ; [MOB4: 41 (note)]

Larva on Cocos nucifera [MOB4]


Ambadra montana Holloway, 1982
Borneo. See [About maps] Ambadra montana Holloway, 1982; in Barlow, Intr. Moths of South East Asia. Taxonomic app.: 206
Ambadra montana ; [MOB4: 41, pl. 3]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Suriga suriga; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 55, f. 259

Ambadra discocellularis Kiriakoff²
Sumatra. See [About maps] Ambadra discocellularis ; Holloway, 1982, in Barlow, Intr. Moths of South East Asia. Taxonomic app.: 207; [MOB4, 41 (note)]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[MOB4]
Holloway, J. D., 1983; The Moths of Borneo, Part 4; Family Nododontidae
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Kiriakoff, 1962
Notes sur les Notodontidae (Lepidoptera): Pydna Walker et genres voisins (II) Bull. Ann. Soc. r. ent. Belg. 98 (10) : 149-214
Kiriakoff, 1968
Lepidoptera, Familia Notodontidae, pars tertia, Genera Indo-Australica in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): -
Moore, [1860]
A Catalogue of the lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of natural History at East-India House in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2: : 279-440, pl. 13-23,7a,8a,9a,10a,11a,12a,13a
Moore, 1881
Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Asiatic Nocturnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 : 326-380, pl. 37-38
Moore, 1883
Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Heterocera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 : 15-30, pl. 5-6
Schaus, 1928
New moths of the family Ceruridae (Notodontidae) in the Unites States National Museum Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 73 (2740) : 1-90


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