Subspecies in India
(1) Appias lyncida latifasciata Moore, 1881 – Sahyadri Chocolate Albatross
(2) Appias lyncida eleonora (Boisduval, 1836) – Indo-Chinese Chocolate Albatross
(3) Appias lyncida nicobarica Moore, 1905 – Car Nicobar Chocolate Albatross
(4) Appias lyncida galbana Fruhstorfer, 1910 – South Nicobar Chocolate Albatross
The subspecies latifasciata is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
Assam | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
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Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Kerala | 23 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | |||
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 7 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 34 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 24 | 13 |
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Saji. K., R. Lovalekar, P. Churi, Manoj P., S. Debnath and Anju V 2024. Appias lyncida (Cramer, [1777]) – Chocolate Albatross. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/appias-lyncida, accessed 2024/11/08.