Xanthodes transversa Guenée, 1852 -

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat212
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka214
Kerala1112
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra24313
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1212105464

Xanthodes transversa Guenée, 1852Abelmoschus crinitus, Abelmoschus esculentus, Alcea rosea, Grewia tiliifolia, Urena lobata (Malvaceae), Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713. Image 223
  2. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=55815 [accessed 25 November 2016]

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. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/xanthodes-transversa, accessed 2025/08/23.