Subspecies in India
(1) Graphium sarpedon sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental Common Bluebottle. Another subspecies, Graphium sarpedon sirkari Page & Treadaway, 2013, was described recently. Until recently, Graphium teredon Felder & Felder, 1864 – Narrow-banded Bluebottle, was treated as a subspecies under this species. Further notes on this taxonomic change will be added here later.
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 | |||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Assam | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
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Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | |||||||||||||
Kerala | |||||||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
Manipur | 2 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
Total | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Bluebottle. 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/graphium-sarpedon, accessed 2024/10/15.