Taxonomic Information
Oreta Walker, 1855 species known from Indian subcontinent.
Oreta ancora Chu & Wang, 1987. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Oreta eminens (Bryk, 1943). Myanmar.
Oreta extensa Walker, 1855. NE India.
Oreta fuscopurpurea Inoue, 1956. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Oreta griseotincta Hampson, [1893]. E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Oreta insignis (Butler, 1877). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Oreta obtusa Walker, 1855. N. India; Myanmar.
Oreta pavaca pavaca Moore, [1866]. Himalayas.
Oreta sanguinea Moore, 1879. Himalayas.
Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855. S. India; Sri Lanka.
Oreta vatama Moore, [1866]. Himalayas.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1167; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso46brit#page/1167/mode/1up
- Oreta violacea Hampson, 1891. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 9; TL: [S.India] Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/9/mode/1up?view=theater.
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. pg. 348. Listed as a form of Oreta extensa; states that suffusa is duller and suffused with brown.
- Watson, A. 1967. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent), 19(3): 200-201. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis19entoond/page/199/mode/1up?view=theater. Lists Oreta suffusa from S. India and Sri Lanka.
- Joshi, R., Singh, N., László, G.M. and J. Ahmad. 2020. An Updated Checklist of Superfamily Drepanoidea (Lepidoptera) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), pp.1-24. Lists Oreta obliquilinea as a synonym of Oreta obtusa.
- Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar & K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(3): 166-178. Pg. 168, Pl. 1/12.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855 – . 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/oreta-suffusa, accessed 2024/04/25.