Rohana parisatis (Westwood, [1851]) - Black Prince

Subspecies in India

(1) Rohana parisatis atacinus Fruhstorfer, 1913 – Sahyadri Black Prince
(2) Rohana parisatis parisatis (Westwood, [1851]) – Assam Black Prince
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh7575111
Assam34
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka82111213
Kerala32111
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra16106214151423
Manipur2
Meghalaya111217
Mizoram11
Nagaland122
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim11123
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1101212
Total27151919192710253328
Celtis (Davidson & Aitken 1890), Celtis philippensis (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017). Celtis timorensis (Robinson et al. 2010), Celtis tetrandra (Bell 1909; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Cannabaceae). Celtis lycodoxylon (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Cannabaceae).


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 & Prashanth S. N 2024. Rohana parisatis (Westwood, [1851]) – Black Prince. 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/rohana-parisatis, accessed 2024/12/05.