Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Assam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 2 | ||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Maharashtra | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | |||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 2 | ||||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
Total | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 47 | 12 |
Bambusa spp., Bambusa bambos (=Bambusa arundinacea), Bambusa tuldoides, Bambusa vulgaris (=Bambusa striata), Dinochloa andamanica, Ochlandra scriptoria, Ochlandra talbotii, Ochlandra travancorica (Poaceae).
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(4): 11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Saji K. & Manoj P 2024. Baoris farri (Moore, 1878) – Complete Paint-brush Swift. 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/baoris-farri, accessed 2024/10/13.