Caprona ransonnettii (R. Felder, 1868) - Golden Angle

Subspecies in India

(1) Caprona ransonnettii potiphera (Hewitson, 1873) – Dakhan Golden Angle
 

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh331
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh32
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa2
Gujarat11
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT121
Jharkhand
Karnataka2222811193
Kerala7312164358
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh131
Maharashtra17710128153916301712
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1367
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal12111342
Total3014149326284526543628

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.

Page citation

Saji K & P. Churi 2024. 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 2024/03/29.