Taxonomic Information
Avatha Walker, [1858] species known from India.
Avatha leksawasdi Kočak & Kemal, 2006. India: Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra.
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 -
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Noctua discolor Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 50; TL: Tranquebariae.
- 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).
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/serrodes/serrodes_2_1.php
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/discolor.html
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Avatha_Discolor_En
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=53542
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355554-Avatha-discolor
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/avatha-discolor, accessed 2025/01/21.