Subspecies in India
Conservation and Special status
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
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Not yet known.
Endemic to the Eastern Himalaya from Sikkim to N. Myanmar, and in NE India (Garo-Khasi Hills). It should occur in Naga to Mizo Hills but currently there are no records from these ranges. See further details in Kunte (2010).
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
Rare, endemic to the Eastern Himalaya and NE India, and protected in India under Schedule I of the WildLife (Protection) Act 2022. Inhabits large openings in mid-elevation broadleaf evergreen forests and along streams and riversides.
| 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 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Not yet known.
Kunte, K. 2010. Rediscovery of the federally protected Scarce Jester Butterfly Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville, 1885 (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) from the Eastern Himalaya and Garo Hills, northeastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2:858-866.
Page citation
Kunte, K. 2026. Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville, 1885 – Scarce Jester. 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/symbrenthia-silana, accessed 2026/06/04.