Taxonomic Information
Maxates Moore, [1887] species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Maxates acutissima (Walker, 1861). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal (Kolkata), Maharashtra (Khandala), Nilgiris, Karnataka, Gujarat.
Maxates adaptaria (Prout, 1933). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates auspicata (Prout, 1917). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates coelataria (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India: Kerala.
Maxates coelataria trychera Prout, 1933. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal.
Maxates convallata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates dissimulata (Walker, 1861). India.
Maxates dysides Prout, 1922. India: Assam (Tinsukhia).
Maxates fuscifimbria (Prout, 1911). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates fuscipalpa (Walia, 1994). India: Himachal Pradesh (Subathu).
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: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates immacularia (Fabricius, 1794). India: Tamil Nadu ((Tranquebar, Tharangambadi).
Maxates inaptaria (Walker, [1862]). Bangladesh; India: Sikkim.
Maxates insignipecten (Prout, 1928). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates iridescens (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates macariata (Walker, 1863). Bangladesh (Sylhet); India: Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates mutatilinea (Prout, 1916). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maxates thetydaria (Guenée, 1857). India: Central India; Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Maxates veninotata (Warren, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Maxates veninotata -
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Similar species are M. acutissima Walker and M. goniaria Felder & Rogenhofer (India - possibly a junior synonym of immacularia Fabricius)
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 |
- OD: Thalerura veninotata Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (4): 678; TL: Khasia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi01lond#page/678/mode/1up.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 400.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_42_4.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/633214-Maxates-veninotata
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Maxates veninotata (Warren, 1894) – . 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/maxates-veninotata, accessed 2025/11/03.