Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV 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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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assam | |||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Kerala | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 17 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Total | 3 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 22 |
Capparis brevispina (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Capparis cleghornii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis roxburghii (Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis sepiaria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis zeylanica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Crateva adansonii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Crateva religiosa (Robinson et al. 2010) (Capparaceae). Cleome rutidosperma var. burmannii (Kalesh & Prakash 2015) (Cleomaceae).
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.
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. Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775) – Western Striped Albatross. 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/appias-libythea, accessed 2024/11/07.