Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species. However, this species is commonly but incorrectly given as Colotis eucharis Fabricius, 1775 in Indian books. Papilio eucharis Fabricius, 1775 is a junior primary homonym of Papilio (now Delias) eucharis Drury, 1773.
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
| 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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Assam | |||||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 8 | ||
| Kerala | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 17 |
Cadaba fruticosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (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.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Colotis aurora (Cramer, [1780]) – Plain Orange-tip. 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/colotis-aurora, accessed 2024/09/09.