Subspecies in India
(1) Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental Mottled Emigrant
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||
Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 35 | 13 | 30 | 19 | 3 | |
Kerala | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
Maharashtra | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | 2 | ||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Tripura | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
West Bengal | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |||
Total | 14 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 88 | 112 | 90 | 64 | 25 |
Cassia fistula, Cassia javanica (=Cassia renigera), Ormocarpum cochinchinense, Senna alata, Senna auriculata, Senna obtusifolia, Senna occidentalis, Senna sophera, Senna sulfurea, Senna tora, Sesbania spp., Sesbania bispinosa, Sesbania grandiflora, Sesbania sesban (Fabaceae). Lasiosiphon glaucus (=Gnidia glauca) (Thymelaeaceae).
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(4): 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 & S. Debnath 2024. Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Mottled Emigrant. 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/catopsilia-pyranthe, accessed 2024/12/13.