
Subspecies in India
(1) Charaxes solon solon (Fabricius, 1793) – Pale Black Rajah
(2) Charaxes solon sulphureus Rothschild, 1900 – Sulphur Black Rajah
The subspecies sulphureus is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Charaxes solon sulphureus Rothschild, 1900 – Sulphur Black Rajah

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 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
Karnataka | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
Kerala | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Maharashtra | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 17 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Tripura | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
Total | 26 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 36 | 54 | 45 | 27 | 34 |
Dalbergia sissoo (Robinson et al. 2010), Moullava spicata (Bell 1909; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010), Pithecellobium dulce (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Tamarindus indica (Davidson & Aitken 1890; Bell 1909; Wynter-Blyth; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Xylia xylocarpa (Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae).
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
Anonymous 2025. Charaxes solon (Fabricius, 1793) – Black Rajah. 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/charaxes-solon, accessed 2025/02/08.