Taxonomic Information
Xanthodes Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794). India: West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
Xanthodes transversa Guenée, 1852. India: Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
Xanthodes intersepta Guenée, 1852. India: Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tripura.
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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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Xanthodes transversa Guenée, 1852: Abelmoschus crinitus, Abelmoschus esculentus, Alcea rosea, Grewia tiliifolia, Urena lobata (Malvaceae), Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
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Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Xanthodes transversa Guenée, 1852 – . 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/xanthodes-transversa, accessed 2025/10/24.