Athyma punctata Leech, 1890 - White-patch Sergeant

Subspecies in India

(1) Athyma punctata punctata Leech, 1890 – Chinese White-patch Sergeant
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

This species was earlier known from SE Tibet, S. China, N. Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (Ek-Amnuay 2012; Inayoshi 2017; Io 2000). The images on Butterflies of India (BOI-cs676 and BOI-cs677, published here on 2018/01/14; and BOI-ct549 and BOI-ct550, published here on 2019/12) represent the first record of the species from Bhutan and the E. Himalaya. This was followed by sightings near Tarin-Tiibe Khoke Pass, Pange, Talle WLS, Arunachal Pradesh (images BOI-eb155 and BOI-eb156, published here on 2019/12/15), which confirm the occurrence of this species in India, and represents an addition to the butterfly fauna of India.
 
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Andhra Pradesh
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Bihar
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
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Sikkim
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Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Ek-Amnuay, P. 2012. Butterflies of Thailand, 2nd edn. Baan Lae Suan (=Amarin) Printing & Publishing Co., Bangkok.

Inayoshi, Y. 2010. A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China (chiefly from Thailand, Laos and Vietnam). Athyma punctata, accessed 2018/01/14.

Io, C. 2000. Monograph of Chinese Butterflies (revised edn.). Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House.

Page citation

Giudici, A., S. Dorji, P. Riswadkar, and K. Kunte 2024. Athyma punctata Leech, 1890 – White-patch Sergeant. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/athyma-punctata, accessed 2024/10/04.