Taxonomic Information
Oreta Walker, 1855 species known from Indian subcontinent.
Oreta ancora Chu & Wang, 1987. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Oreta eminens (Bryk, 1943). Myanmar.
Oreta extensa Walker, 1855. NE India.
Oreta fuscopurpurea Inoue, 1956. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Oreta griseotincta Hampson, [1893]. E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Oreta insignis (Butler, 1877). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Oreta obtusa Walker, 1855. N. India; Myanmar.
Oreta pavaca pavaca Moore, [1866]. Himalayas.
Oreta sanguinea Moore, 1879. Himalayas.
Oreta suffusa Walker, 1855. S. India; Sri Lanka.
Oreta vatama Moore, [1866]. Himalayas.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Oreta griseotincta Hampson, [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 350, # 759. Dist: Sikkim.
- Song, W. H., D.Y. Xue & H. X. Han. 2012. Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa 3445: 1–36.Pg.27, Fig. 48
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pl. 101/17.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/632614-Oreta-griseotincta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Oreta griseotincta Hampson, [1893] – . 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/oreta-griseotincta, accessed 2025/10/28.