Subspecies in India
(1) Castalius rosimon rosimon (Fabricius, 1775) – Continental Common Pierrot
(2) Castalius rosimon alarbus Fruhstorfer, 1922 – Andaman Common Pierrot
The subspecies alarbus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Castalius rosimon alarbus Fruhstorfer, 1922 – Andaman Common Pierrot
The subspecies alarbus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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The subspecies alarbus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
Chandigarh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 16 | ||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Goa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Gujarat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Karnataka | 15 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 18 | |
Kerala | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 8 | |
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Maharashtra | 33 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 36 | 29 | 46 | 42 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
Tripura | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | |
Total | 60 | 43 | 50 | 48 | 59 | 66 | 81 | 83 | 136 | 123 | 111 | 111 |
Ziziphus jujuba (Davidson et al. 1896; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ziziphus oenopolia (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Ziziphus rugosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ziziphus xylopyrus (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Rhamnaceae).
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.
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. P. Das, R. Lovalekar, S. Debnath, and R. P. Mahajan 2024. Castalius rosimon (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Pierrot. 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/castalius-rosimon, accessed 2024/12/11.