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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| 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 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 29 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 15 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 64 | 41 | 43 | 34 | 33 | 53 |
Colotis amata modesta - Toddalia asiatica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017),(Rutaceae). Azima tetracantha (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Salvadora oleoides (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Salvadora persica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010) (Salvadoraceae).
Colotis amata amata - Azima tetracantha (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Salvadora oleoides (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Salvadora persica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010) (Salvadoraceae).
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.
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 2024. 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 2024/04/24.