Taxonomic Information
Batracharta Walker, 1862 species known from India.
Batracharta albistrigosata Warren, 1915. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Batracharta irrorata Hampson, 1894. India: Manipur (TL), Himachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Batracharta obliqua Walker, 1862. India: West Bengal, Goa, South India (Nilgiris), Kerala.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Batracharta obliqua Walker, 1862. J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 196. Text at https://archive.org/stream/journalofproceed06linn#page/196/mode/1up
- Pilosocrures variegata Hampson, 1891. Illust. typical Specimens lepid. Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 8: 85. Text at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft08brituoft#page/85/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft08brituoft#page/n168/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 444, #2369
- 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. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Plate 17, No. 20.
- Sondhi, Y., S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour, & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 28(2). Image 72
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_ii/miscellaneousii_12_3.php [accessed 14 October 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Batracharta obliqua Walker, 1862 – . 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/batracharta-obliqua, accessed 2025/10/31.