Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827) -

Taxonomic Information

Streblote Hübner, [1820] species known from India. 
Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827). NW India, S. India; Sri Lanka. 
Streblote igniflua (Moore, [1883]). NW India, S. India; Sri Lanka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Separating Streblote siva and S. ingiflua
Vide Hampson [1893], abdomen of S. siva is white while it is red brown for S. ingiflua in male. Also forewing is deep red brown for igniflua in male, and grey for siva male vide Hampson.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh111
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana1
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka131
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1
Maharashtra421
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2111115341

Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827):  Acacia nilotica, Butea monosperma, Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae), Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae), Murraya paniculata (Rutaceae), Polyalthia longifolia (Annonaceae), Psidium sp. (Myrtaceae), Rosa sp. (Rosaceae), Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae),  Tamarix gallica (Tamaricaceae), Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Bombyx siva Lefèbvre, 1827. Zool. Journ. Bd. 5: 210. 
  2. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 402, # 902 as Taragama siva.
  3. Esfandiari, M., Mossadegh, M.S., Farrar, N. and Fazelinejad, A., 2012. Report of Streblote siva Lefebvre (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) damage on Conocarpus trees in south and southwestern provinces of Iran. 
  4. Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Birdwing Field Guide to Indian Moths. Pg. 259, Pl. 96/1.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/751561-Streblote-siva
  6. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=392714

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Streblote siva (Lefèbvre, 1827) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/streblote-siva, accessed 2024/03/29.