
Subspecies in India
(1) Sarangesa purendra purendra Moore, 1882 – West Himalayan Spotted Small Flat
(2) Sarangesa purendra pandra Evans, 1949 – Hill Spotted Small Flat
(3) Sarangesa purendra sati de Nicéville, 1891 – Desert Spotted Small Flat
(4) Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi Evans, 1921 – Dakhan Spotted Small Flat
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 |
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Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |||||
Kerala | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ||
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Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
West Bengal | |||||||||||||
Total | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 16 |
Sarangesa purendra hopkinsi (Dakhan Spotted Small Flat) - Asystasia (Bell 1924; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Blepharis asperrima (Davidson et al. 1897; Swinhoe 1913) (Acanthaceae).
Sarangesa purendra pandra (Hill Spotted Small Flat) - Unknown.
Sarangesa purendra sati (Desert Spotted Small Flat) - Unknown.
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 2023. Sarangesa purendra Moore, 1882 – Spotted Small Flat. 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/sarangesa-purendra, accessed 2023/06/02.