172. Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758): 534

= N [octua] pulchra [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 68

= Deiopeia thyter Butler, 1877: 361–362

= Ph [alaena] Noctu a pulchra Esper, 1786: 570

= Utetheisa shyama Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969: 211

= Utetheisa shiba Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969: 213

= Utetheisa menoni Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1969: 217

Type locality: Habitat in Europa australi; in Mauritania [South Europe and North Africa]. Lectotype designated by Robinson 7 Nielsen (1983)

Distribution: Andaman (Chandra & Raghunathan 2018), Throughout India (Dubatolov 2010), Lakshadweep (Mandal 1991).