Taxonomic Information
Creatonotos Hübner, [1819] species known from India.
Creatonotos transiens (Walker, 1855). Indian subcontinent.
Creatonotos gangis (Linnaeus, 1763). Indian subcontinent.
Creatonotos interrupta (Linnaeus, 1767). Indian subcontinent.
Creatonotos ananthakrishanani Kirti & Kaleka, 1999 is treated as a synonym of Creatonotos transiens.
The Creatonotos gangis-interrupta is a species complex that needs to be investigated.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assam | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Manipur | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
Creatonotos transiens (Walker, 1855): Toona ciliata (Meliaceae), Ehretia laevis (Boraginaceae), Ficus religiosa (Moraceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Spilosoma transiens Walker, 1855. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 675; TL: Assam, Sylhet. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimens13brit/page/675/mode/1up?view=theater
- Creatonotus transiens in Hampson, 1901. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3:334. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid03brituoft/page/334/mode/1up?view=theater
- Holloway, J. D.
- Singh, Singh & Joshi, 2014. A Checklist of Subfamily Arctiinae (Erebidae: Noctuoidea: Lepidoptera) from India Rec. Zool. Survey India. Occ. Pap 367. Page 7 as Creatonotos (Phissama) transiens. Phissama transiens combination was published in Daniel, 1943.
- Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1, pp 1-205. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 38, 38.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=517409
- http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Creatonotos_Transiens
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/arctiinae/arctiinae-5-1.php
- http://szmn.eco.nsc.ru/old/Lepidop/images/Creatonotos_transiens.htm
Page citation
Sondhi, S. & Manoj, P. 2025. Creatonotos transiens (Walker, 1855) – . 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/creatonotos-transiens, accessed 2025/10/31.