Subspecies in India
(1) Parantica aglea aglea (Stoll, [1782]) – Coromandel Glassy Tiger
(2) Parantica aglea melanoides Moore, 1883 – Himalayan Glassy Tiger
(3) Parantica aglea melanoleuca Moore, 1877 – Andaman Glassy Tiger
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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Assam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | ||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 8 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 48 | 29 | 18 | 14 | |
Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Odisha | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 23 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 33 | 69 | 64 | 35 | 24 |
Calotropis gigantea (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ceropegia bulbosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ceropegia lawii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Cryptolepis dubia (Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Tylophora indica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Tylophora flexuosa (Davidson & Aitken 1890; Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae).
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
Saji K., H. Ogale and M. Bhakare 2024. Parantica aglea (Stoll, [1782]) – Glassy Tiger. 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/parantica-aglea, accessed 2024/10/11.