Subspecies in India
(2) Pelopidas conjuncta narooa (Moore, 1878) – Sahyadri Conjoined Swift
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
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||
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Maharashtra | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 5 | |||
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Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Total | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 44 | 29 | 6 |
Bambusa spp., Coix lacryma-jobi, Oryza sativa, Rottboellia cochinchinensis, Saccharum officinarum, Sorghum halepense, Triplopogon ramosissimus, Thysanolaena latifolia, Zea mays (Poaceae).
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., P. Churi, Manoj P & T. Bhagwat 2024. Pelopidas conjuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Conjoined Swift. 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/pelopidas-conjuncta, accessed 2024/12/04.