Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862 - Common Mottle

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

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.

 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh121
Assam11112
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
Meghalaya112
Mizoram
Nagaland11
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim121
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal111
Total1233213162

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.