Subspecies in India
(1) Tajuria cippus cippus (Fabricius, 1798) – Indian Peacock Royal
The subspecies cippus is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
The subspecies cippus is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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The subspecies cippus is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
Maharashtra | 46 | 44 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 35 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
Total | 51 | 51 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 49 |
Dendrophthoe falcata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Robinson et al. 2010), Helicanthes elasticus (Davidson et al. 1896; Bell 1919a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Helixanthera wallichiana (Davidson et al. 1896; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Loranthus (Robinson et al. 2010), Loranthus longiflorus (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Loranthaceae).
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
Valappil, B., K. Saji, H. Ogale, R. Lovalekar, Arya PV., T. Bhagwat, Subhash P., Firos A. K. and F. Khan 2024. Tajuria cippus (Fabricius, 1798) – Peacock Royal. 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/tajuria-cippus, accessed 2024/10/15.