Taxonomic Information
Athetis Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Athetis albanalis (Warren, 1912). Sri Lanka.
Athetis atripuncta (Hampson, 1910). India, Sri Lanka.
Athetis atriluna (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya.
Athetis bicornis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Athetis bipuncta (Snellen, [1886]). Indian subregion.
Athetis bisignata (Hampson, 1906). India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Athetis bremusa (Swinhoe, 1885). India: Maharashtra (Pune); Uttarakhand (Dehradun).
Athetis castaneipars (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis cineracea Warren, 1914. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis cervina (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis cognata (Moore, 1882). India: Sikkim.
Athetis delecta (Moore, 1881).India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Athetis divisa (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh (Simla), Uttarakhand.
Athetis farinacea (Moore, 1888). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra).
Athetis immixta Warren, 1914. India: Sikkim.
Athetis interstincta (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis dissimilis (Hampson, 1909). India: Sikkim.
Athetis externa (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis fasciata (Moore, 1867). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Athetis linealis Yoshimoto, 1994. Nepal.
Athetis lineosa (Moore, 1881). India: India: Punjab (TL), Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Athetis mus (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Athetis obtusa (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Athetis ochreipuncta (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim.
Athetis placida (Moore, 1884). Sri Lanka.
Athetis praetexta (Swinhoe, 1905). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Athetis sincera (Swinhoe, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Athetis renalis (Moore, [1884]). Sri Lanka.
Athetis rectilinea (Hampson, 1910). Punjab.
Athetis rufistigma Warren, 1914. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Athetis stellata (Moore, 1882). India: Assam.
Athetis suffusa Yoshimoto, 1994. Nepal.
Athetis stygia Hampson, 1909. India: Punjab.
Athetis terminata (Hampson, 1898). India: NE Himialaya.
Athetis thoracica (Moore, [1884]). India.
Athetis transversa (Walker, 1858). India: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Athetis variana (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Madhya Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Athetis delecta -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
- OD: Caradrina delecta Moore, 1881. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pg. 349, Pl. 38/15. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen81zool/page/349/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen81zool/page/n484/mode/1up?view=theater
- Athetis delecta; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 313. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid08brituoft/page/313/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 16/12.
- 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. 143.24.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 43/33-34.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1062482-Athetis-delecta
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Athetis delecta (Moore, 1881) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.21. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/athetis-delecta, accessed 2026/06/05.