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
Oreta sanguinea -
Record bh364 may represent the first record from Himachal Pradesh. This species has previously been known from Kumaon, Uttarakhand (Smetacek, 2008) east to E. Himalaya, NE India
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Oreta sanguinea Moore, 1879. Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 85; TL: 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 348, # 751.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1, pl. 1:27.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Oreta sanguinea Moore, 1879 – . 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/oreta-sanguinea, accessed 2024/12/03.