Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793) - Psyche

Subspecies in India

(1) Leptosia nina nina (Fabricius, 1793) – Oriental Psyche
(2) Leptosia nina nicobarica (Doherty, 1886) – Nicobar Psyche

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT1111111
Andhra Pradesh111112
Arunachal Pradesh121
Assam3131212212
Bihar1
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh43211
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi110321
Goa12
Gujarat21
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka765314578171215
Kerala4412715748699
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh2111
Maharashtra12251396108418342228
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland11
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim21
Tamil Nadu21112332
Tripura1111
Uttar Pradesh11122
Uttarakhand21
West Bengal62951231107
Total404034232134272550777071
Capparis (Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis baducca (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis spinosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Capparis zeylanica (Kunte 2006), Crateva adansonii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Crateva religiosa (Robinson et al. 2010; Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Capparaceae). Cleome rutidosperma var. burmannii (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Cleome viscosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Cleomaceae). Azima tetracantha (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Salvadoraceae).
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 2024. Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793) – Psyche. 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/leptosia-nina, accessed 2024/12/13.