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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 4 | |
| Kerala | 9 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 67 | 14 | 7 | 10 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 8 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 53 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 37 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 13 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 37 | 44 | 69 | 107 | 81 | 66 | 56 |
Mangifera indica (Kalesh & Prakash 2007) (Anacardiaceae). Meiogyne pannosa (Kalesh & Prakash 2007) (Annonaceae). Calophyllum (Kalesh & Prakash 2007) (Clusiaceae). Hopea (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Dipterocarpaceae). Blachia (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Croton (Bell 1919b; Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Euphorbiaceae). Barringtonia acutangula (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Careya arborea (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Lecythidaceae). Loranthus (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Loranthaceae). Eugenia roxburghii (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Myrtaceae). Ixora (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Ixora brachiata (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Rubiaceae). Schleichera (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Sapindaceae). Quassia indica (Saji et al. 2018) (Simaroubaceae).
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
Saji, K., B. Valappil, Y. Gurjar, and S. Bose 2025. Rathinda amor (Fabricius, 1775) – Monkey Puzzle. 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/rathinda-amor, accessed 2025/04/27.