Subspecies in India
(1) Miletus chinensis assamensis (Doherty, 1891) – Assam Common Mottle
(2) Miletus chinensis longeana (de Nicéville, 1898) – Shan Common Mottle (=Long's Brownie)
Taxonomic Information
The species is also known as the Common Brownie.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species has been recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Page citation
Aneesha, S., and K. Kunte. 2026. Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862 – Common Mottle. 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/index.php/miletus-chinensis, accessed 2026/05/24.