Utetheisa varians (Walker, 1854) -

Taxonomic Information

Utetheisa Hübner, [1819] 1816 species known from India.
Utetheisa antennata (Swinhoe, 1893). India: Nicobar Islands.
Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1779). India: Throughout India, Andaman & Nicobar, Chhattisgarh.
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758). India: Andaman Is., Throughout India, Lakshadweep.
Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907. India: North India to Rajasthan, Sikkim, Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Orissa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Throughout India including Madhya Pradesh,
Bihar.
Utetheisa (Pitasila) assamica De Vos, 2007. India: NE India, Assam.
Utetheisa (Pitasila) leucospilota (Moore, 1877). India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Utetheisa (Pitasila) selecta (Walker, 1854). India: Andaman Is..
Utetheisa (Pitasila) varians (Walker, 1854). India: NE India, NW Himalayas, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Utetheisa (Pitasila) variolosa (Felder & Rogenhofer, [1869] 1874). India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh23
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total1231
  1. Cerny, K. & A. Pinratana. 2009. Moths of Thailand, Vol. 6, Arctiidae. # 386, pg 193, Pl 44. 
  2. Vos, R.D., 2007. The Utetheisa species of the subgenera Pitasila, Atasca and Raanya subg. n. Insecta, Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Aldrovandia, 3(2007), pp.31-120.
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). www.barcodinglife.org. Pitasila varians accessed August 2015

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Utetheisa varians (Walker, 1854) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/utetheisa-varians, accessed 2025/12/08.