Coladenia indrani (Moore, [1866]) - Tricolour Pied Flat

Subspecies in India

(1) Coladenia indrani indrani (Moore, [1866]) – Himalayan Tricolour Pied Flat
(2) Coladenia indrani indra Evans, 1926 – Dakhan Tricolour Pied Flat
(3) Coladenia indrani uposathra Fruhstorfer, [1911] – Indo-Chinese Tricolour Pied Flat
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh11
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT2
Jharkhand
Karnataka46141132
Kerala331444119
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh341
Maharashtra313132328181083
Manipur
Meghalaya12
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu2111
Tripura211
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand21
West Bengal1223
Total35541122354638201414

Bixa orellana (Bixaceae). Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae). Mallotus philippensis (Euphorbiaceae). Bauhinia racemosa, Butea monosperma, Dalbergia latifolia, Dendrolobium triangulare, Desmodium, Microcos paniculata, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae). Grewia tiliifolia, Hibiscus tilliaceus (=Talipariti tiliaceum), Pterospermum acerifolium, Sterculia guttata, Sterculia urens (=Kavalama urens), Thespesia populnea, Triumfetta rhomboidea (Malvaceae). Bridelia retusa, Bridelia stipularis (=Bridelia scandens) (Phyllanthaceae). Schleichera oleosa (Sapindaceae).

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, A. Soman, S. Mhatre, P. Churi and Manoj P. 2024. Coladenia indrani (Moore, [1866]) – Tricolour Pied Flat. 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/coladenia-indrani, accessed 2024/10/04.