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
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For Odonestis bheroba bheroba, based on Sergeev & Zolotuhin, 2009
The forewing is almost triangular; ground colour is dark carmine red and external margin is with bluish or greyish suffusion; forewing postmedial fascia is strong, slightly but distinctly curved, dark and without whitish outline, antemedial fascia is absent or very weak; discal spot is white, round, mostly flecked with dark scales. Hindwings are darker, without distinct pattern.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Odonestis bheroba Moore, 1858-1859: Melastoma malabathricum subsp. normale (Melastomataceae), Rubus spp. (Rosaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Odonestis bheroba Moore, [1859]. Cat. lepid. Insects Mus. Hist. East-India House 2: 424, pl. 12a, fig. 5. Type locality: [India] Darjeeling.
- 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. 413, # 917 as Arguda bheroba.
- Sergeev, A. I. & V. V. Zolotuhin. 2009. A review of the genus Odonestis Germar, 1812 with descriptions of two new species and one new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Atalanta 41 (3/4): 375-396. Pg. 390. Pl. 14/10, 13, 14.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=284831 [accessed 03 January 2020]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124946-Odonestis-bheroba
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Odonestis bheroba Moore, [1859] – . 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/index.php/odonestis-bheroba, accessed 2025/11/11.