Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866) - Rice Swift

Subspecies in India

No subspecies are listed under this species.

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT22
Andhra Pradesh121
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh111
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi54
Goa
Gujarat11
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka71215521246
Kerala1111264385
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1
Maharashtra11114104321187
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu54
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh12
Uttarakhand3
West Bengal2112
Total102145252557473924
Andropogon spp., Arundo donax, Axonopus compressus, Brachiaria mutica, Cymbopogon spp., Eragrostis spp., Ischaemum spp., Oryza spp., Oryza sativa, Pennisetum spp.Pennisetum glaucumPhragmites karka, Rottboellia cochinchinensisSetaria spp.Setaria barbata, Setaria pumilaSetaria verticillata, Sorghum bicolorSorghum halepenseSorghum nitidumStenotaphrum dimidiatum, Stenotaphrum secundatum, Urochloa setigera (Poaceae).
Urochloa setigera has been recorded as a new larval host plant by Abhishek Rane from Sindhudurg, Maharashtra in July 2023.

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., M. Bhakare, and A. Rane 2023. Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866) – Rice Swift. 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/borbo-cinnara, accessed 2023/12/02.