Taxonomic Information
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 species known from India.
Acontia binominata (Butler, 1892). India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Coimbatore), Maharashtra, Rajasthan; Pakistan.
Acontia catena (Sowerby, 1806). India: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; Pakistan.
Acontia catenula (Walker, 1865). India: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi.
Acontia costistigma Walker, [1858]. N. India.
Acontia crocata Guenée, 1852. India: “N. India”, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu.
Acontia deceptrix (Warren, 1913). India: Kerala (TL: Travancore.
Acontia erronea Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2008. Sri Lanka (TL: Mambantota).
Acontia hemiglauca (Hampson, 1910). India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Nilgiris).
Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766). India: Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal.
Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
Acontia melanchlaena (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Karnataka (TL: North Kanara)
Acontia nitidula (Fabricius, 1787). India: Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Acontia notabilis (Walker, 1857). India: Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Acontia olivacea (Hampson, 1891). India: India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Nilgiris).
Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852. India: Tamil Nadu (TL: "Cote de Coromandel"), Delhi.
Acontia rufitincta (Hampson, 1910). India: Tamil Nadu (TL: “Madras”), Andhra Pradesh.
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 catenula -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Euphasia catenula Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 780; TL: South Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso3334brit#page/780/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 312 #2023 as Tarache catenula.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1912. The Macrolepdioptera of the World, Vol 11, pg. 305 & Pl. 27 f. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/559/mode/1up
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Acontia catenula (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/acontia-catenula, accessed 2026/03/30.