Xyleutes persona (Le Guillou, 1841) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Xyleutes Hübner, [1820] species known from India.

Xyleutes ramamurthyi Yakovlev & Sankararaman, 2021. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu. 
Xyleutes persona (Le Guillou, 1841). Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; India.
Xyleutes strix (Linnaeus, 1758). Bhutam; India: North India.

 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh12211
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka121511
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11
Manipur
Meghalaya2
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal
Total33356311

Xyleutes persona (Le Guillou, 1841): Cassia fistula, Cassia javanica nodosa, Cassia renigera, Senna siamea (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. 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 308, # 660 as Duomitus leuconotus
  2. Holloway, J. D. 1986. The Moths of Borneo. Part 1. Key to Families: Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Ratardidae, Dudgeoneidae, Epipyropidae and Limacodidae. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1/cossidae/cossidae-4-2.php [accessed 25 August 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Xyleutes persona (Le Guillou, 1841) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/xyleutes-persona, accessed 2024/04/19.