Clanis undulosa Moore, 1879 - Wavy Velvet Moth

Taxonomic Information

Clanis Hübner, 1819 species known from India. 
Clanis bilineata (Walker, 1866). India: Uttarakhand east to E. Himalaya, 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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh231
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2311
  1. Inoue, H., R.D. Kennett & I.J. Kitching. 1997. Moths of Thailand, Volume 2: Sphingidae, pg 37, # 34, pl 11
  2. Kitching, I. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/751 [accessed 8 December 2015]
  3. Pittaway, A.R. & I.J. Kitching. Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.). http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/c_gig.htm [accessed 8 December 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Clanis undulosa Moore, 1879 – Wavy Velvet Moth. 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/index.php/clanis-undulosa, accessed 2025/08/23.