Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766) - Pale Shoulder

Taxonomic Information

Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 species known from India. 
Acontia costistigma Walker, [1858]. N. India. 
Acontia deceptrix (Warren, 1913). India: TL: Travancore. 
Acontia erronea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008. Sri Lanka (TL: Mambantota). 
Acontia notabilis (Walker, 1857). India: Punjab, Delhi. 
Acontia olivacea (Hampson, 1891). India: India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Nilgiris).
Acontia rufitincta (Hampson, 1910). India: Tamil Nadu (TL: “Madras”), Andhra Pradesh. 
Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
Acontia hemiglauca (Hampson, 1910). India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Nilgiris). 
Acontia catenula (Walker, 1865). India: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi. 
Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766). India: Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, 
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787). India: Maharashtra. 
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852. India: Tamil Nadu (TL: "Cote de Coromandel"), Delhi. 
Acontia crocata Guenée, 1852. India: “N. India”, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu. 
Acontia upsilon (Walker, 1865). India: S. India (TL: “Deccan”). 
Acontia sexpunctata (Fabricius, 1794). India: Delhi. 

Needs verification. 
Acontia transversa Guenée, 1852 
Acontia intersepta Guenée, 1852 
Acontia graellsii Feisth, 1837 
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Acontia lucida - Pale Shoulder


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh1
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total12

Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766): Convolvulus sp. (Convolvulaceae), Malva sp. (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Hacker, H.H., A. Legrain & M. Fibiger, 2008, Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae) Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Band 14: 7-533.
  2. Savela, M. 2017. Markku Savela’s Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acontiinae/acontia/

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766) – Pale Shoulder. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/acontia-lucida, accessed 2025/08/03.