Taxonomic Information
Avatha Walker, [1858] species known from India.
Avatha leksawasdi Kočak & Kemal, 2006. India: Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra.
Avatha chinensis (Warren, 1913). N. India?
Avatha complens (Walker, 1858). NE India, Andaman Is.
Avatha discolor (Fabricius, 1794). Indo-Australian tropics.
Avatha garthei (Kobes, 1989). NE India.
Avatha heterographa (Hampson, 1912). Nepal; Myanmar.
Avatha noctuoides (Guenée, 1852). India, Andaman Is.; Myanmar.
Avatha pulchrior Holloway, 2005. India (Andaman Is.).
Avatha pulcherrima Butler, 1892. India (Andaman Is.).
Avatha uloptera (Prout, 1925). NE India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Avatha uloptera -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Athyrma uloptera Prout, 1925. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9), 16: 401.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Pl. 18/4-6.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/serrodes/serrodes_2_12.php
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/15_EREBINAE/019_Avatha/Avatha%20uloptera/Avatha%20uloptera.htm
Note: Range extension to India. Previously known distribution was Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Avatha uloptera (Prout, 1925) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/avatha-uloptera, accessed 2025/11/01.