Taxonomic Information
Attatha Moore, 1878 species known from India.
Attatha regalis (Moore, 1872). India: Arunachal Pradesh, parts of S. & W. India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Attatha ino (Drury, 1782). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Attatha ino differs from Attatha regalis vide Hampson as under
-oblique band of the forewing being quadrate from costa to median nevure in Attatha ino, where its outer edge is angled.
-apical triangular patch is wider in Attatha regalis so as to extend close to the post-medial and the margin. The opposite is mentioned in Hampson.
| 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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
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| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Attatha ino (Drury, 1782): Ficus religiosa (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Lithosia ? ino Drury, 1782.Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. Pg. 40. Pl. 29, Fig 3. TL: Madras. Text at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe11drur#page/40/mode/2up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe12drur#page/n265/mode/2up.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Pl. 17, Fig. 15.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Attatha ino (Drury, 1782) – . 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/attatha-ino, accessed 2025/10/28.














