Subspecies in India
(1) Ypthima baldus baldus (Fabricius, 1775) – Himalayan Common Five-ring
(2) Ypthima baldus madrasa Evans, 1923 – Sahyadri Common Five-ring
(3) Ypthima baldus satpura Evans, 1923 – Satpuda Common Five-ring
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 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | |||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 3 | ||
Kerala | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 17 | ||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Maharashtra | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 2 | |
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
Total | 28 | 24 | 24 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 24 | 42 | 87 | 77 | 47 | 33 |
Poaceae (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000). A subspecies name, Ypthima baldus madrasa Evans, 1924, is often listed in literature but this represents infrasubspecific variation.
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
Ogale. H. and K. Saji 2024. Ypthima baldus (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Five-ring. 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/ypthima-baldus, accessed 2024/11/11.