
Subspecies in India
(1) Cepora nadina nadina (Lucas, 1852) – Khasi Lesser Gull
(2) Cepora nadina remba (Moore, [1858]) – Sahyadri Lesser Gull
(3) Cepora nadina andamana (Swinhoe, 1889) – Andaman Lesser Gull The subspecies remba 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 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
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Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
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Haryana | |||||||||||||
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Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||
Kerala | 6 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 6 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 7 | ||||||||||||
Total | 19 | 24 | 44 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 11 |
Capparis baducca (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis cleghornii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Capparis moonii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis roxburghii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Capparaceae).
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
Kunte, K., K. Saji, H. Ogale & Prashanth S. N. 2025. Cepora nadina (Lucas, 1852) – Lesser Gull. 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/cepora-nadina, accessed 2025/02/16.