Subspecies in India
(1) Colotis amata amata (Fabricius, 1775) – Desert Small Salmon Arab
(2) Colotis amata modesta (Butler, 1876) – Modest Small Salmon Arab
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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This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi NCR, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry UT, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 29 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 16 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 68 | 42 | 43 | 36 | 34 | 53 |
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
Anonymous 2025. Colotis amata (Fabricius, 1775) – Small Salmon Arab. 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/colotis-amata, accessed 2025/12/24.