Odonestis spp. Germar, 1812 -

Taxonomic Information

Odonestis Germar, 1812 species known from India and Nepal. 
Odonestis pruni oberthueri Tams, 1935. Nepal; NE India.
Odonestis erectilinea erectilinea (Swinhoe, 1904). NE India.
Odonestis bheroba bheroba Moore, [1859]. Sri Lanka, NE India; Nepal.
Odonestis vita indica ams, 1935. NE India, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Bangladesh.
Odonestis ceylonica Tams, 1935. India: S. India, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Odonestis belli Tams, 1935. India: coast of SW India.
Odonestis filigranica Sergeev & Zolotuhin, 2010. India: Andaman Islands, North Andaman, Baratang Island (TL). 
Best separated by genitalia. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Odonestis spp. -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala2
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total12

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Odonestis spp. Germar, 1812 – . 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/odonestis-spp, accessed 2025/11/16.