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title: "Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle"
description: "Coccinella transversalis — Insetos e aranhas. Coccinella transversalis, commonly known as the transverse ladybird or transverse lady beetle, is a species of ladybird beetle found from India across southern and southeastern Asia to Malesia and Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/small-transverse-ladybird-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle

> Coccinella transversalis — Insetos e aranhas. Coccinella transversalis, commonly known as the transverse ladybird or transverse lady beetle, is a species of ladybird beetle found from India across southern and southeastern Asia to Malesia and Australia.

- Scientific name: *Coccinella transversalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 14282
- Wikidata: [Q309705](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309705)
- iNaturalist taxon: [349064](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/349064)

## Names

- en: Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle

## Countries with the most observations

AU (8668), IN (2691), TW (557), TH (468), ID (452), PH (201), MY (167), LK (158), HK (78), BD (66), VN (59), CN (39)

## Summary

Coccinella transversalis, commonly known as the transverse ladybird or transverse lady beetle, is a species of ladybird beetle found from India across southern and southeastern Asia to Malesia and Australia. It is not to be confused with Coccinella transversoguttata, a widespread species in Europe and North America also known as the transverse ladybird. The alternative vernacular of small transverse ladybird may be used for C. transversalis in instances where these two species are discussed together.
The transverse ladybird was first described by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781 as Coccinella transversalis…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinella_transversalis

## Photo

![Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-transverse-ladybird-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Connor Margetts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329201087

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-transverse-ladybird-beetle?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).