Subspecies in India
(1) Castalius rosimon rosimon (Fabricius, 1775) – Continental Common Pierrot
(2) Castalius rosimon alarbus Fruhstorfer, 1922 – Andaman Common Pierrot
The subspecies alarbus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Castalius rosimon alarbus Fruhstorfer, 1922 – Andaman Common Pierrot
The subspecies alarbus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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The subspecies alarbus is legally protected in India under Schedule I 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gujarat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Karnataka | 15 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 19 | |
| Kerala | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 33 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 37 | 30 | 46 | 43 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Tripura | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | |
| Total | 61 | 43 | 51 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 81 | 85 | 137 | 126 | 115 | 113 |
Ziziphus jujuba (Davidson et al. 1896; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ziziphus oenopolia (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Ziziphus rugosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ziziphus xylopyrus (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Rhamnaceae).
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., R. P. Das, R. Lovalekar, S. Debnath, and R. P. Mahajan 2025. Castalius rosimon (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Pierrot. 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/castalius-rosimon, accessed 2025/05/17.