Taxonomic Information
Clanis Hübner, 1819 species known from India.
Clanis bilineata (Walker, 1866). India: Uttarakhand east to E. Himalaya, West Bengal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, parts of S. India; Nepal.
Clanis deucalion (Walker, 1856). India: Himachal Pradesh east to Assam; Nepal.
Clanis titan Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. India: Uttarakhand east to E. Himalaya, Meghalaya, S. India; Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar.
Clanis undulosa Moore, 1879. India: E. Himalaya, Nepal; Bhutan.
Clanis phalaris (Cramer, [1777]). India: Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Clanis hyperion Cadiou & Kitching, 1990. India: Assam, Nagaland; Bhutan.
Clanis mahadeva Gehlen, 1935 is a synonym of Clanis phalaris (Cramer, [1777]). See notes at
https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/734
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Clanis phalaris (Cramer, [1777]): Butea monosperma, Callerya atropurpurea, Mucuna pruriens, Pongamia pinnata, Pterocarpus marsupium, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clanis_phalaris
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Clanis-phalaris.php [accessed 10 August 2018]
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/740 [accessed 10 August 2018]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Clanis phalaris (Cramer, [1777]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/clanis-phalaris, accessed 2025/11/01.