Taxonomic Information
Athetis Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Athetis albanalis (Warren, 1912). Sri Lanka.
Athetis atripuncta (Hampson, 1910). India, Sri Lanka.
Athetis atriluna (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya.
Athetis bicornis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Athetis bipuncta (Snellen, [1886]). Indian subregion.
Athetis bisignata (Hampson, 1906). India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Athetis bremusa (Swinhoe, 1885). India: Maharashtra (Pune); Uttarakhand (Dehradun).
Athetis castaneipars (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis cineracea Warren, 1914. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis cervina (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis cognata (Moore, 1882). India: Sikkim.
Athetis delecta (Moore, 1881).India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Athetis divisa (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh (Simla), Uttarakhand.
Athetis farinacea (Moore, 1888). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra).
Athetis immixta Warren, 1914. India: Sikkim.
Athetis interstincta (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis dissimilis (Hampson, 1909). India: Sikkim.
Athetis externa (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis fasciata (Moore, 1867). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis linealis Yoshimoto, 1994. Nepal.
Athetis lineosa (Moore, 1881). India: India: Punjab (TL), Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Athetis mus (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Athetis obtusa (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Athetis ochreipuncta (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim.
Athetis placida (Moore, 1884). Sri Lanka.
Athetis praetexta (Swinhoe, 1905). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Athetis sincera (Swinhoe, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Athetis renalis (Moore, [1884]). Sri Lanka.
Athetis rectilinea (Hampson, 1910). Punjab.
Athetis rufistigma Warren, 1914. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Athetis stellata (Moore, 1882). India: Assam.
Athetis suffusa Yoshimoto, 1994. Nepal.
Athetis stygia Hampson, 1909. India: Punjab.
Athetis terminata (Hampson, 1898). India: NE Himialaya.
Athetis thoracica (Moore, [1884]). India.
Athetis transversa (Walker, 1858). India: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Athetis variana (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Madhya Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 |
- Ipimorpha divisa Moore, 1882. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson. vol.2 description as. pg. 123. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/141/mode/1up
- Caradrina divisa; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 265. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/291/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed). The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol.11, pg. 324, Plate 28 line K. fig.1. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/334/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/561/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Plate 85/31.
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=1143330
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1275800-Athetis-divisa
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Athetis divisa (Moore, 1882) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/athetis-divisa, accessed 2026/05/18.