Oeonistis spp. Hübner, [1819] -

Taxonomic Information

List of Oeonistis Hübner, [1819] 1816 species known from India (Singh et al. 2021).  
Oeonistis altica (Linnaeus, 1768). India (NE India, Madhya Pradesh). 
Oeonistis vithurensis Singh & Kirti, 2014. India (Kerala, Maharashtra). 
Oeonistis entella (Cramer, 1779). India (Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Throughout India).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Oeonistis spp. -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam111
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala2
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total11122
  1. Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 205 pp. 
  2. Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118. 
  3. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/plesiomorphic%20genera/plesiomorphic_6.php states that true "entella" occurs only S. India and Sri Lanka. 

Note: Oeonistis Hübner, [1819] species occuring in NE India could be either Oeonistis altica (Linnaeus, 1768) or Oeonistis entella (Cramer, [1779]). Best separated by comparing genitalia. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Oeonistis spp. Hübner, [1819] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/oeonistis-spp, accessed 2024/04/19.