Artena dotata (Fabricius, 1794) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Artena Walker, 1858 species known from India. 
Artena certior (Walker, 1858). India. 
Artena dotata (Fabricius, 1794). Sri Lanka. 
Artena lacteicincta (Hampson, 1912). India: NE Himalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya. 
Artena rubida (Walker, 1863). India: NE Himalaya, Andamans. 
Artena submira Walker, 1858. India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh111
Arunachal Pradesh133
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa111
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka11
Kerala111
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra54231
Manipur1
Meghalaya9
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand3112
West Bengal131
Total211213138533

Artena dotata (Fabricius, 1794): Combretum latifolium, Combretum indicum, Getonia floribunda, Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia tomentosa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs, pg. 496, # 2490 as Ophiusa dotata.
  2. 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, # 385, pg, 81, pl. 19.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Artena dotata (Fabricius, 1794) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/artena-dotata, accessed 2024/04/20.