Subspecies in India
(1) Colotis vestalis vestalis (Butler, 1876) – Sind White 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 Delhi NCR, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, within the Indian limits.
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
Salvadora persica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010) (Salvadoraceae).
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Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Colotis vestalis (Butler, 1876) – White 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-vestalis, accessed 2025/12/28.