Taxonomic Information
Gonodontis aethocrypta (Prout, 1926). NE Himalaya; Myanmar (TL).
Gonodontis clelia (Cramer, [1780]). India: S. India, Tamil Nadu (Coromandel: TL), Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka.
Gonodontis pallida (Butler, 1880). India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Gonodontis pallida (Butler, 1880) is paler, while Gonodontis clelia (Cramer, [1780]) is more reddish.
OD: Orsonoba pallida Butler, 1880; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 6 (32): 125. Text at http://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof561880lond#page/125/mode/1up
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Gonodontini/gonodontini_1_2.php
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Gonodontis clelia (Cramer, [1780]): Haldina cordifolia (Rubiaceae), Alseodaphne semecarpifolia (Lauraceae), Eugenia myrobalana (Myrtaceae), Gmelina arborea, Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae), Olea dioica (Oleaceae), Swietenia macrophylla, Swietenia mahagoni (Meliaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Phalaena clelia Cramer, [1780]. Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 172, 174, pl. 288, f. B, C; TL: Coromandel
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg 212, # 3262.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/02_Ennominae/044_Gonodontis/Gonodontis%20clelia/Gonodontis%20clelia.htm [accessed 17 January 2018]
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Gonodontis-clelia.php [accessed 17 January 2018]
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Gonodontini/gonodontini_1_1.php [accessed 17 January 2018]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Gonodontis clelia (Cramer, [1780]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/gonodontis-clelia, accessed 2025/04/24.