Subspecies in India
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 | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
Assam | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
Kerala | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Maharashtra | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 37 | 26 | 10 | ||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Total | 23 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 56 | 37 | 23 |
Bambusa spp., Bambusa vulgaris (=Bambusa striata & Bambusa wamin), Bambusa tuldoides, Ochlandra travancorica, Oryza spp., Saccharum spp., Saccharum officinarum, Saccharum spontaneum (Poaceae).
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
Anonymous 2024. Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878) – Dark Palm-Dart. 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/telicota-bambusae, accessed 2024/11/11.