Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794) -

Taxonomic Information

Avatha Walker, [1858] species known from India.

Avatha bubo (Geyer, 1832). India. 

Avatha chinensis (Warren, 1913). N. India?

Avatha complens (Walker, 1858). NE India, Andaman Is. 

Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794). Indo-Australian tropics. 

Avatha garthei (Kobes, 1989). NE India. 

Avatha heterographa (Hampson, 1912). Nepal; Myanmar. 

Avatha noctuoides (Guenée, 1852). India, Andaman Is.; Myanmar.

Avatha pulchrior Holloway, 2005. India (Andaman Is.).

Avatha pulcherrima Butler, 1892. India (Andaman Is.).

Avatha uloptera (Prout, 1925). NE India. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Avatha discolor -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka2
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794): Callicarpa maesa (Lamiaceae)?, Sapindus saponaria (Sapindaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. OD: Noctua discolor Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 50; TL: Tranquebariae. 
  2. Avatha includens Walker, [1858. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 13: 1107. TL: Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1107/mode/1up?view=theater (female).
  3. Ophiusa frontalis Walker, 1858. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1434; TL: Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1434/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. 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. Pl 18:1-3
  5. Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 91. 
  6. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/serrodes/serrodes_2_1.php
  7. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/discolor.html
  8. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Avatha_Discolor_En
  9. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=53542
  10. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355554-Avatha-discolor
 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/avatha-discolor, accessed 2024/03/28.