Subspecies in India
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
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| Kerala | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 19 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 17 | 30 | 17 | 13 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 33 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 47 | 30 | 55 | 39 | 29 |
Erinocarpus nimmonii, Helicteres isora, Triumfetta rhomboidea, Urena lobata (Malvaceae).
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.
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Page citation
Saji K & P. Churi 2025. Caprona ransonnettii (R. Felder, 1868) – Golden Angle. 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/caprona-ransonnettii, accessed 2025/10/30.