Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
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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| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 18 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 24 | |
| Kerala | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 20 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 57 | 83 | 36 | 30 | 32 |
Areca catechu (Robinson et al. 2010), Arenga wightii (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Cocos nucifera (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010), Licuala grandis (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Livistona chinensis (Robinson et al. 2010), Phoenix (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010), Calamus rotang (Kunte 2006), Calamus thwaitesii (Kunte 2006), Caryota urens (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Phoenix loureiroi (Kunte 2006), Rhapis (Kunte 2006) (Arecaceae). Licuala chinensis (Kunte 2006) (Arecaceae).
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
Ogale, H., K. Kunte, K. Saji, R. Lovalekar, and P. Kale 2024. Elymnias caudata Butler, 1871 – Tailed Palmfly. 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/elymnias-caudata, accessed 2024/10/12.