Subspecies in India
(1) Ariadne ariadne indica (Moore, 1884) – Indian Angled Castor
(2) Ariadne ariadne pallidior (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – Large Angled Castor
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Kerala | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 22 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 47 | 25 | 41 | 15 | 14 |
Ricinus communis, Tragia hispida, Tragia involucrata, Tragia plukenetii, Tragia praetervisa (Euphorbiaceae). Recently, Tragia praetervisa has been recorded as a new larval host plant by Nitin Kawthankar from Pal, Vengurla Taluka, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra.
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.
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Page citation
K. Saji, H. Ogale, M. Bhakare, N. Kawthankar, and K. Kunte 2024. Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763) – Angled Castor. 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/ariadne-ariadne, accessed 2024/10/14.