Subspecies in India
(1) Ariadne ariadne indica (Moore, 1884) – Indian Angled Castor
(2) Ariadne ariadne pallidior (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – Large Angled Castor
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 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | ||
Kerala | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 5 | |||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Total | 22 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 47 | 25 | 41 | 15 | 14 |
Ricinus communis, Tragia hispida, Tragia involucrata, Tragia plukenetii, Tragia praetervisa (Euphorbiaceae). Recently, Tragia praetervisa has been recorded as a new larval host plant by Nitin Kawthankar from Pal, Vengurla Taluka, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra.
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
K. Saji, H. Ogale, M. Bhakare, N. Kawthankar, and K. Kunte 2024. Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763) – Angled Castor. 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/ariadne-ariadne, accessed 2024/11/08.