Gonodontis clelia (Cramer, [1780]) -

Taxonomic Information

Gonodontis Hübner, [1823] species known from India.
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

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11111
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total1111221

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).

  1. OD: Phalaena clelia Cramer, [1780]. Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 172, 174, pl. 288, f. B, C; TL: Coromandel
  2. 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.  
  3. 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]
  4. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Gonodontis-clelia.php [accessed 17 January 2018]
  5. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Gonodontini/gonodontini_1_1.php [accessed 17 January 2018]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Gonodontis clelia (Cramer, [1780]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/gonodontis-clelia, accessed 2024/04/19.