Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Bluebottle

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh24212111
Assam2311123
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT1
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur2
Meghalaya5323
Mizoram1
Nagaland32
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1212
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1112
West Bengal11
Total212895357743

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. 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 2023/06/02.