Maxates spp. - -

Taxonomic Information

List of Maxates known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019). 
Maxates acutissima (Walker, 1861). India: Khasis, Meghalaya.  Kolkata, West Bengal, Khandala, Maharashtra, Nilgiris, Karnataka, Gujrat. 
Maxates adaptaria (Prout, 1933). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Maxates auspicata (Prout, 1917). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Maxates coelataria (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India. 
Maxates coelataria trychera Prout, 1933. India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya. 
Maxates convallata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Maxates dissimulata (Walker, 1861). India. 
Maxates dysides Prout, 1922. India: Tinsukhia, Assam. 
Maxates fuscifimbria (Prout, 1911). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Maxates fuscipalpa (Walia, 1994). India: Subathu, Himachal Pradesh. 
Maxates glaucaria (Walker, 1866). India: North India. 
Maxates goniaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: Benalia, Kalitunga. 
Maxates griseoviridis (Warren, 1893. India: Naga Hills, 5000-7000ft. 
Maxates hemitheoides (Prout, 1916). India: Khasi Hills, Shillong, Meghalaya. 
Maxates immacularia (Fabricius, 1794). India: (Tranquebar) Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu. 
Maxates inaptaria (Walker, [1862]). Bangladesh; India: Sikkim. 
Maxates insignipecten (Prout, 1928). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Maxates iridescens (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Maxates macariata (Walker, 1863). Bangaladesh; India: Silhet, Assam, Sikkim, Khasis, Meghalaya. 
Maxates mutatilinea (Prout, 1916). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Maxates thetydaria (Guenée, 1857). India: Central India. 
Maxates veninotata (Warren, 1894). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh211
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh2
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim12
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total22132111

Maxates spp.: Aporusa lindleyana, Phyllanthus emblica (Phyllanthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Maxates spp. - – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/maxates-spp, accessed 2024/12/03.