Subspecies in India
(2) Coladenia indrani indra Evans, 1926 – Dakhan Tricoloured Pied Flat
(3) Coladenia indrani uposathra Fruhstorfer, [1911] – Indo-Chinese Tricoloured Pied Flat
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Puducherry UT, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 46 | 39 | 22 | 16 | 14 |
Bixa orellana (Bixaceae). Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae). Mallotus philippensis (Euphorbiaceae). Bauhinia racemosa, Butea monosperma, Dalbergia latifolia, Dendrolobium triangulare, Desmodium, Microcos paniculata, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae). Grewia tiliifolia, Hibiscus tilliaceus (=Talipariti tiliaceum), Pterospermum acerifolium, Sterculia guttata, Sterculia urens (=Kavalama urens), Thespesia populnea, Triumfetta rhomboidea (Malvaceae). Bridelia retusa, Bridelia stipularis (=Bridelia scandens) (Phyllanthaceae). Schleichera oleosa (Sapindaceae).
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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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.
Page citation
Saji, K, A. Soman, S. Mhatre, P. Churi and Manoj P. 2026. Coladenia indrani (Moore, [1866]) – Tricoloured Pied Flat. 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/coladenia-indrani, accessed 2026/05/21.