Attatha ino (Drury, 1782) -

Taxonomic Information

Attatha Moore, 1878 species known from India. 
Attatha regalis (Moore, 1872). India: Arunachal Pradesh, parts of S. & W. India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Attatha ino (Drury, 1782). S. India; Sri Lanka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Attatha ino differs from Attatha regalis vide Hampson as under
-oblique band of the forewing being quadrate from costa to median nevure in Attatha ino, where its outer edge is angled.
-apical triangular patch is wider in Attatha regalis so as to extend close to the post-medial and the margin. The opposite is mentioned in Hampson. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi21
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh11
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu12
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total24212

Attatha ino (Drury, 1782): Ficus religiosa (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD:  Lithosia ? ino Drury, 1782.Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. Pg. 40. Pl. 29, Fig 3. TL: Madras. Text at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe11drur#page/40/mode/2up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe12drur#page/n265/mode/2up
  2. 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. Pl. 17, Fig. 15. 

 

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Attatha ino (Drury, 1782) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.83. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/attatha-ino, accessed 2025/03/22.