Taxonomic Information
List of Neoreta Warren, 1897 known from India.
Neoreta castanea (Hampson, 1891) (Oreta), India (South India, Nilgiris).
Neoreta olga (Swinhoe, 1894) (Oretaolga), India (NE India, Meghalaya).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Oreta castanea Hampson, 1891. Ill. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 8:9, pg. 62, pl. 141:17. Text at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft08brituoft#page/9/mode/1up. Plate at http://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft08brituoft#page/n158/mode/1up. [accessed 09 February 2021]
- Oreta rotundipex Hampson, 1891. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 9; TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft08brituoft#page/9/mode/1up
- Cyclura castanea Watson, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 19 (3): 215. Text at https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis19entoond#page/215/mode/1up
- Song, W.H., Xue, D.Y. and Han, H.X., 2012. Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae). Zootaxa, 3445(1), pp.1-36.
Song et al. 2012 suggest that this should be Neoreta castanea (Hampson, 1891). Older literature (Holloway, 1998) lists this genus as Amphitorna.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Neoreta castanea (Hampson, 1891) – . 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/neoreta-castanea, accessed 2025/04/23.