Subspecies in India
(1) Graphium doson eleius (Fruhstorfer, 1907) – Dakhan Common Jay
(2) Graphium doson axionides (Page & Treadaway, 2014) – Himalayan Common Jay
Graphium doson axionides Page & Treadaway, 2014 is a replacement name for axion Felder & Felder, which is a junior primary homonym of Papilio axion Boisduval, 1832.
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
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| 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | ||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | ||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kerala | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 9 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 15 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Tripura | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 15 | 24 | 29 | 70 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 54 | 65 | 47 | 31 | 24 |
Graphium doson eleius - Annonaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Annona muricata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Polyalthia (Robinson et al. 2010), Polyalthia longifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Annonaceae). Hunteria zeylanica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae). Cinnamomum (Robinson et al. 2010), Cinnamomum macrocarpum (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Cinnamomum malabatrum (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Lauraceae). Magnolia grandiflora (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Magnolia liliifera (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Magnolia oblonga (Robinson et al. 2010), Trachelospermum asiaticum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Magnoliaceae).
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
Saji K 2023. Graphium doson (C. & R. Felder, 1864) – Common Jay. 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/graphium-doson, accessed 2023/09/26.