Artona discivitta Walker, 1854 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Artona Walker, 1854 species known from India.
Artona digitata Hampson, 1919. India: Sikkim.
Artona discivitta Walker, 1854. India: South India.
Artona flaviciliata Hampson, 1919. Myanmar.
Artona flavigula (Hampson, 1896). India: Assam.
Artona flavipuncta Hampson, 1900. India: Assam.
Artona fulvida Butler, 1876. Myanmar; India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Artona hypomelas Jordan, 1907. India: NW India, Sikkim.
Artona microstigma Jordan, 1907. India: Assam, Khasia, Meghalaya.
Artona phaeoxantha Hampson, 1919. India: Shevaroy Hills, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Artona postalba Elwes, 1890. India: Sikkim.
Artona posthyalina (Hampson, [1893]). India: Sikkim.
Artona refulgens (Hampson, [1893]). Myanmar.
Artona sikkimensis Elwes, 1890. India: Sikkim.
Artona zebra Elwes, 1890. India: Sikkim.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total11

Artona discivitta Walker, 1854: Poaceae (Robinson et al. 2010). 

  1. Artona discivitta Walker, 1854. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 2: 440. Text at  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121890#page/466/mode/1up
  2. Butler, A. G. 1881. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum, 5:26 & Pl. 84, fig 8. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114026#page/44/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114026#page/105/mode/1up 
  3. 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. 234, # 484.
  4. Seitz,A. (Ed.) 1933. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. 10: 43 & Pl 8c. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/251825#page/27/mode/1up

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Artona discivitta Walker, 1854 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/artona-discivitta, accessed 2024/03/28.