Subspecies in India
(1) Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental Tailed Jay
(2) Graphium agamemnon menides (Fruhstorfer, 1904) – Dakhan Tailed Jay
(3) Graphium agamemnon andamana (Lathy, 1907) – Andaman Tailed Jay
(4) Graphium agamemnon decoratus (Rothschild, 1895) – Car Nicobar Tailed Jay
(5) Graphium agamemnon pulo Evans, 1932 – South Nicobar Tailed Jay
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 29 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 33 | 24 | 32 | 42 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 62 | ||
| Total | 93 | 22 | 19 | 30 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 70 | 68 | 53 | 73 | 119 |
Annona discolor, Annona glabra, Annona muricata, Annona squamosa, Artabotrys hexapetalus, Desmos chinensis, Goniothalamus cardiopetalus, Guatteria sp., Miliusa tomentosa, Mitrephora heyneana, Polyalthia cerasoides, Polyalthia longifolia, Uvaria narum (Annonaceae). Cinnamomum (Lauraceae). Magnolia champaca (Magnoliaceae).
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.
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Page citation
Saji, K., H. Ogale, P. Churi, M. Mandal, Manoj P., F. Khan, and S. Sondhi 2023. Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tailed Jay. 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/graphium-agamemnon, accessed 2023/12/05.