Subspecies in India
(2) Choaspes benjaminii japonica (Murray, 1875) – Oriental Common Awlking
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 ('WPAA').
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species has been recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This species is common.
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 4 | |||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 |
Meliosma arnottiana, Meliosma pinnata, Meliosma simplicifolia (Meliosmaceae). Sabia campanulata (Sabiaceae).
Buddleja (Buddlejaceae) has also been reported but needs verification.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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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(4): 11495–11550.
Page citation
Kunte, K., S. Kalesh, S. Tadse, and Manoj P 2026. Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Common Awlking. 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/choaspes-benjaminii, accessed 2026/04/22.