Taxonomic Information
List of known Melanthia from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Melanthia dentistrigata (Warren, 1893). India: Kaponang, 8000ft., Sikkim.
Melanthia exquisita (Warren, 1893). India: Tonglo, 10000ft., Sikkim.
Melanthia catenaria (Moore, [1868]). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Melanthia catenaria catenaria -
Melanthia catenaria -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- Melanippe catenaria Moore, [1868]. Proc. Zool. Soc. Long. 3: 655, Pl. 33/9. TL: Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534005#page/677/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90421#page/21/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg 354 as Cidaria catenaria.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 7/1.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 100/10.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=323546 [accessed 16 January 2021]
- http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Melanthia_Catenaria [accessed 16 January 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Melanthia catenaria (Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/melanthia-catenaria, accessed 2025/04/23.