Maxates veninotata (Warren, 1894) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Maxates known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Maxates acutissima (Walker, 1861). India: Khasis, Meghalaya.  Kolkata, West Bengal, Khandala, Maharashtra, Nilgiris, Karnataka, Gujrat.
Maxates adaptaria (Prout, 1933). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Maxates auspicata (Prout, 1917). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Maxates coelataria (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India.
Maxates coelataria trychera Prout, 1933. India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
Maxates convallata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Maxates dissimulata (Walker, 1861). India.
Maxates dysides Prout, 1922. India: Tinsukhia, Assam.
Maxates fuscifimbria (Prout, 1911). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Maxates fuscipalpa (Walia, 1994). India: Subathu, Himachal Pradesh.
Maxates glaucaria (Walker, 1866). India: North India.
Maxates goniaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Benalia, Kalitunga.
Maxates griseoviridis (Warren, 1893. India: Naga Hills, 5000-7000ft.
Maxates hemitheoides (Prout, 1916). India: Khasi Hills, Shillong, Meghalaya.
Maxates immacularia (Fabricius, 1794). India: (Tranquebar) Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu.
Maxates inaptaria (Walker, [1862]). Bangladesh; India: Sikkim.
Maxates insignipecten (Prout, 1928). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Maxates iridescens (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Maxates macariata (Walker, 1863). Bangaladesh; India: Silhet, Assam, Sikkim, Khasis, Meghalaya.
Maxates mutatilinea (Prout, 1916). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Maxates thetydaria (Guenée, 1857). India: Central India.
Maxates veninotata (Warren, 1894). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Maxates veninotata -


Similar species are M. acutissima Walker and M. goniaria Felder & Rogenhofer (India - possibly a junior synonym of immacularia Fabricius)

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh211
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total212
  1. OD: Thalerura veninotata Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (4): 678; TL: Khasia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi01lond#page/678/mode/1up.
  2. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 400.
  3. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_42_4.php
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/633214-Maxates-veninotata

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Maxates veninotata (Warren, 1894) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/maxates-veninotata, accessed 2024/12/03.