Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Gujarat | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | |
| Kerala | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 41 | 40 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 48 | 25 | 13 | 31 | 48 | 29 | 33 | 57 | 68 | 48 | 82 | 62 |
Abrus precatorius, Aganope thyrsiflora, Butea monosperma, Derris scandens, Pongamia pinnata, Xylia xylocarpa, Dendrolobium triangulare (Fabaceae). Heynea trijuga (Meliaceae).
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
Saji, K., H. Ogale, T. Bhagwat, F. Khan, O. Damle, R. P. Mahajan, M. Bhakare, N. Kawthankar, and K. Kunte 2025. Curetis thetis (Drury, [1773]) – Indian Sunbeam. 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/curetis-thetis, accessed 2025/01/15.