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
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 21 | 18 | 7 | |||
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| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 3 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 57 | 46 | 39 | 24 |
Poaceae (Davidson et al. 1898; Sevastopulo 1942; Pant & Chatterjee 1950; Robinson et al. 2010), Andropogon (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Arundo donax (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Axonopus compressus (Kalesh & Prakash 2007), Brachiaria mutica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Cymbopogon (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Eragrostis (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ischaemum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Oryza (Robinson et al. 2010), Oryza sativa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Pennisetum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Phragmites karka (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Kalesh & Prakash 2007), Setaria barbata (Kalesh & Prakash 2007), Setaria pumila (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Stenotaphrum secundatum (Kalesh & Prakash 2015) (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, 10:11495–11550.
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.
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Page citation
Saji K. and M. Bhakare 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 2023/06/10.