
Subspecies in India
(1) Caprona ransonnettii potiphera (Hewitson, 1873) – Dakhan Golden Angle
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 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assam | |||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 2 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||||
Kerala | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Maharashtra | 17 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 12 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||
Total | 30 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 43 | 25 | 54 | 30 | 28 |
Erinocarpus nimmonii (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Helicteres isora (Davidson et al. 1897; Swinhoe 1913; Bell 1923b; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Triumfetta rhomboidea (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Urena lobata (K. Kunte pers. obs. 2017) (Malvaceae).
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.
Page citation
Saji K & P. Churi 2023. Caprona ransonnettii (R. Felder, 1868) – Golden Angle. 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/caprona-ransonnettii, accessed 2023/06/09.