Subspecies in India
(1) Appias lyncida latifasciata Moore, 1881 – Sahyadri Chocolate Albatross
(2) Appias lyncida eleonora (Boisduval, 1836) – Indo-Chinese Chocolate Albatross
(3) Appias lyncida nicobarica Moore, 1905 – Car Nicobar Chocolate Albatross
(4) Appias lyncida galbana Fruhstorfer, 1910 – South Nicobar Chocolate Albatross
The subspecies latifasciata is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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The subspecies latifasciata 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 | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Assam | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
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| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kerala | 23 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Tripura | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 6 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 34 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 23 | 13 |
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.
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Page citation
Saji. K., R. Lovalekar, P. Churi, Manoj P., S. Debnath and Anju V 2024. Appias lyncida (Cramer, [1777]) – Chocolate Albatross. 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/appias-lyncida, accessed 2024/04/16.