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.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species:Clanis phalaris (Cramer, [1777])
Clanis phalaris is a similar species and can be best distinguished from Clanis bilineata by presence of black streaks on underside of forewing.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 |
Clanis bilineata (Walker, 1866): Pterocarpus marsupium, Pongamia pinnata, Callerya atropurpurea (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Basiana bilineata Walker, 1866. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1857; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso35brit/page/1857/mode/1up?view=theater
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/729 [accessed 19 Jan 2017]
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sphingidae/sphingidae_9_1.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Clanis bilineata (Walker, 1866) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/clanis-bilineata, accessed 2025/08/18.