Loxura atymnus (Stoll, 1780) - Yamfly

Subspecies in India

(1) Loxura atymnus atymnus (Stoll, 1780) – Sahyadri Yamfly
(2) Loxura atymnus continentalis Fruhstorfer, [1912] – Continental Yamfly
(3) Loxura atymnus prabha (Moore, 1877) – Andaman Yamfly
(4) Loxura atymnus nicobarica Evans, 1932 – Nicobar Yamfly

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT332213151
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam186429411
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh121
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa13111
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand2
Karnataka1111334471
Kerala632101522615
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra31122553384517547
Manipur
Meghalaya21
Mizoram1
Nagaland1
Odisha11
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu111
Tripura931
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal12215243172
Total1597137487575841291115
Dioscorea (Davidson et al. 1896; Bell 1919c), Dioscorea pentaphylla (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Dioscoreaceae). Smilax zeylanica (Bell 1919c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010) (Smilacaceae).

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 2024. Loxura atymnus (Stoll, 1780) – Yamfly. 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/loxura-atymnus, accessed 2024/12/04.