Subspecies in India
(1) Rachana jalindra macanita (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – Sahyadri Banded Royal
(2) Rachana jalindra indra (Moore, [1884]) – Bengal Banded Royal
(3) Rachana jalindra tarpina (Hewitson, 1878) – Andaman Banded Royal
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Rachana jalindra indra (Moore, [1884]) – Bengal Banded Royal
(3) Rachana jalindra tarpina (Hewitson, 1878) – Andaman Banded Royal
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Haryana | |||||||||||||
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Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
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Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | |||||||||||||
Total | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 1 |
Dendrophthoe falcata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Helicanthes elasticus (Davidson et al. 1895; Bell 1919a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010) (Loranthaceae).
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. Rachana jalindra (Horsfield, [1829]) – Banded Royal. 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/rachana-jalindra, accessed 2024/10/11.