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
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||
Kerala | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 53 | 38 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tripura | 9 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||
Total | 15 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 74 | 87 | 57 | 58 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 15 |
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.
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.