Taxonomic Information
Negeta Walker, 1862 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Negeta contrariata Walker, 1862. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka. Negeta signata is a synonym.
Negeta olivaria (Warren, 1916). India: Sikkim.
Negeta soliera (Swinhoe, 1895). India: Meghalaya; Nepal. Possibly a synonym of Negeta contrariata.
Negeta straminea (Hampson, 1891). India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri district).
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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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Negeta contrariata Walker, 1862. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 24: 1105; TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2224brit/page/1105/mode/1up?view=theater
- Holloway, J. D. 2003. The Moths of Borneo. Part 18. Nolidae. Website accessed June 2015.
- Ariolica signata Walker, [1863]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 54; TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed07linn/page/54/mode/1up?view=theater
- Nertobriga reversa Walker, [1863]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 75; TL: Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed07linn/page/75/mode/1up?view=theater
- Ariolica leucospila Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 788. text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/788/mode/1up?view=theater
- Doranaga apicalis Moore, [1887]. Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 553; TL: Ceylon. text at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey03moor/page/553/mode/1up?view=theater
- http://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Negeta_Contrariata_En
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chlo/contrariata.html
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/362713-Negeta-contrariata
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Negeta contrariata Walker, 1862 – . 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/negeta-contrariata, accessed 2025/04/23.