Subspecies in India
ssp. vatama N.E. India, Sikkim, Bhutan, N.Myanmar. (Watson 1967)
ssp. luculenta N.W.India, Kashmir and Pakistan. (Watson 1967)
bj444 & bj445 first record for Himachal Pradesh.
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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- OD: Oreta vatama Moore, [1866]. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 816; TL: 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, # 753, pg 349 as O. obtusa.
- Watson, A. 1967. A survey of the extra-Ethiopian Oretinae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. v.19. pg.187, pl.5 fg.109
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pl.1, fg.29
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Oreta vatama Moore, [1866] – . 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-vatama, accessed 2025/11/03.