Subspecies in India
(1) Eurema brigitta rubella (Wallace, 1867) – Red-line Small Grass Yellow
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 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assam | |||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
Karnataka | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 14 | ||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 6 | ||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
Maharashtra | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 6 | ||
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 21 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 35 | 53 | 39 | 26 |
Chamaecrista spp., Chamaecrista kleinii, Chamaecrista mimosoides, Chamaecrista pumila, Smithia sensitiva (Fabaceae).
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(4): 11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780]) – Small Grass Yellow. 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/eurema-brigitta, accessed 2024/12/05.