
Subspecies in India
(1) Euthalia lubentina lubentina (Cramer, [1777]) – Chinese Gaudy Baron
(2) Euthalia lubentina arasada Fruhstorfer, 1913 – Sahyadri Gaudy Baron This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV 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 | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Maharashtra | 30 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 41 | ||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
West Bengal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Total | 41 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 36 | 48 |
Dendrophthoe falcata, Dendrophthoe glabrescens, Loranthus longiflorus, Scurrula ferruginea, Scurrula parasitica (Loranthaceae).
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
Anonymous 2025. Euthalia lubentina (Cramer, [1777]) – Gaudy Baron. 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/euthalia-lubentina, accessed 2025/02/07.