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 nigergangis N. Singh & Kirti, 2016, India (Kerala).
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.
Creatonotis gangis (Linnaeus, 1763) and Creatonotis interrupta (Linnaeus, 1767) represent a species complex, whose taxonomic status is unclear.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
Creatonotos gangis (Linnaeus, 1763): Arachis hypogaea, Medicago sativa, Vigna mungo (Fabaceae),Eleusine coracana, Oryza sativa, Pennisetum glaucum, Zea mays (Poaceae), Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae), Mimulus gracilis (Phrymaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Cerny, K. & A. Pinratana. 2009. Moths of Thailand, Vol. 6, Arctiidae. # 336, pg 166.
- Hampson, G.F. 1894. Moths 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. # 1231, pg 26 as Creatonotos interruptus
- Dubatolov, V.V. and de Vos, R., 2010. Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 65, pp.1-106.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Creatonotos gangis-interrupta complex (Linnaeus, 1763) – . 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-gangis-interrupta-complex, accessed 2025/10/29.