Subspecies in India
(1) Notocrypta paralysos paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Andaman Common Banded Demon
(2) Notocrypta paralysos mangla Evans, 1949 – Sahyadri Common Banded Demon
(3) Notocrypta paralysos asawa Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Indo-Chinese Common Banded Demon
(2) Notocrypta paralysos mangla Evans, 1949 – Sahyadri Common Banded Demon
(3) Notocrypta paralysos asawa Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Indo-Chinese Common Banded Demon
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Assam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Kerala | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | ||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 2 | ||||||||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | |||||||||||||
Total | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 |
Curcuma spp., Curcuma aurantiaca, Zingiber spp. (Zingiberaceae).
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
Saji K. 2024. Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Common Banded Demon. 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/notocrypta-paralysos, accessed 2024/12/04.