Subspecies in India
(1) Euripus nyctelius nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845) – Sylhet Courtesan
halitherses, which is a synonym of the nominotypical subspecies, is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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halitherses, which is a synonym of the nominotypical subspecies, is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| 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 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assam | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||
| Mizoram | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 6 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Euripus nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845) – Courtesan. 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/euripus-nyctelius, accessed 2025/10/24.