
Subspecies in India
(1) Spindasis ictis ictis (Hewitson, 1865) – Indian Common Shot Silverline
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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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assam | |||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Maharashtra | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
Total | 5 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 16 |
Senna montana (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Senna siamea (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Fabaceae).
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Spindasis ictis (Hewitson, 1865) – Common Shot Silverline. 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/spindasis-ictis, accessed 2023/06/10.