Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
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This species 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 | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 11 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Tripura | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 12 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 30 | 25 |
Ziziphus oenopolia, Ziziphus rugusa (Rhamnaceae).
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
Bhakare, M., P. Kale, S. Kalluri, and A. Rane 2025. Caleta decidia (Hewitson, 1876) – Angled Pierrot. 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/caleta-decidia, accessed 2025/07/18.