Padenia transversa (Walker, 1854) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Padenia Moore, [1882] known from India (Kirti et al. 2020). 
Padenia acutifascia de Joannis, 1928. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya. 
Padenia duplicana (Walker, 1863). India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Padenia obliquifascia Rothschild, 1920. India: Andamans & Nicobar. 
Padenia transversa (Walker, 1854). India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris), Orissa, Karnataka, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Notes: The only species known from S. India is Padenia transversa (Walker, 1854). Padenia duplicana (Walker, 1863) and Padenia acutifascia de Joannis, 1928 have been recorded from NE India, while Padenia obliquifascia Rothschild, 1920 is known from Andaman & Nicobar Is. Hind wing assists in separating Padenia duplicana (Walker, 1863) and Padenia acutifascia de Joannis, 1928. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka12222
Kerala2
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1131
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1122373
  1. OD: Cyllene transversa Walker, 1854. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 544; TL: Ceylon. Text at http://archive.org/stream/listofspecimens13brit#page/544/mode/1up [accessed 20 February 2018]
  2. Hampson, G.F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 98, # 1401.
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1900. Catalogue of Arctidae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Musuem, Vol. 2, Pg 263, No. 552 for P. transversa
  4. Kirti, J.S.; Singh, N. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1. Pg. 149. 
  5. Kirti, J.S., Datta, H.S., Bisht, S.S., Param, H.S. & Singh, N. 2020. Two New records of the genus Padenia Moore, 1882 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) from India. Records of Zoological Survey of India, 120 (4), 1–7.

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Padenia transversa (Walker, 1854) – . 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://moths.ncbs.res.in/padenia-transversa, accessed 2024/03/29.