Subspecies in India
Taxonomic Information
Euthrix Meigen, 1830 species known from India (based on Joshi et al 2023).
Euthrix decisa (Walker, 1855). Nepal; Bangladesh; India: North West Himalaya, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Manipur, Maharashtra.
Euthrix fossa fossa (Swinhoe, 1897). Bhutan; India: Assam (Jaintia Hills), northern India, Meghalaya.
Euthrix fox (Zolotuhin & Witt, 2000). India: Manipur.
Euthrix improvisa (de Lajonquière, 1978). India: Manipur.
Euthrix inobtrusa (Walker, 1862). Nepal; Bhutan; India: Northern India.
Euthrix isocyma (Hampson, 1892). Myanmar; Nepal; India: Nagaland (Naga Hills, Kohima), Meghalaya.
Euthrix laeta laeta (Walker, 1855). Nepal; Bangladesh;India: North West and eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab.
Euthrix laeta divisa (Moore, 1879). Sri Lanka; India: Southern India, Tamil Nadu.
Euthrix vulpes (Zolotuhin, 2001). Nepal; India: Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling, Tiger Hill).
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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| Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
Euthrix laeta (Walker, 1855) – Orange Drinker: Dalbergia latifolia, Dalbergia sissoo (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- 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 425, # 942 as Odonestis laeta.
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Zolotuhin , V. V. & A. A. Perekrasnov. 2010. A review of the Euthrix laeta (Walker, 1855) complex with description of a new species and two new subspecies. Atalanta 41 (3/4): 367-374. Pdf Plates (12-13)
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Euthrix laeta (Walker, 1855) – Orange Drinker. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/euthrix-laeta, accessed 2025/04/30.