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.
Note: G. pallida has currently only been provisionally identified on MOI.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Note: G. pallida has currently only been provisionally identified on MOI.
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Orsonoba pallida Butler, 1880; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 6 (32): 125. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81219#page/139/mode/1up
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Gonodontini/gonodontini_1_2.php [Accessed 12 Sep 2023]
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 220.
- Geetha Iyer 2021. Moths of Tamil Nadu. Blackbuck vol 37, Nos 1 &2; Published by Madras Naturalists' Society, Chennai. 1-98. Image No.67- Page 19.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Gonodontis pallida (Butler, 1880) – . 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/index.php/gonodontis-pallida, accessed 2025/11/09.