Subspecies in India
(1) Papilio helenus helenus Linnaeus, 1758 – Oriental Red Helen
(2) Papilio helenus daksha Hampson, 1888 – Sahyadri Red Helen
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 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Assam | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 45 | 34 | 10 | 9 |
Papilio helenus daksha - Rutaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Citrus (Robinson et al. 2010), Citrus limon (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Clausena heptaphylla (Kunte 2006), Glycosmis pentaphylla (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000, reported as Glycosmis arborea, which is a synonym of G. pentaphylla), Phellodendron (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Toddalia asiatica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Zanthoxylum acanthopodium (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Zanthoxylum rhetsa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Rutaceae).
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
Anonymous 2023. Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758 – Red Helen. 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/papilio-helenus, accessed 2023/02/05.