Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Bluebottle

Subspecies in India

(1) Graphium sarpedon sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental Common Bluebottle. Another subspecies, Graphium sarpedon sirkari Page & Treadaway, 2013, was described recently. Until recently, Graphium teredon Felder & Felder, 1864 – Narrow-banded Bluebottle, was treated as a subspecies under this species.  Further notes on this taxonomic change will be added here later.
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh24212111
Assam12511223
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT1
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur2
Meghalaya53123
Mizoram1
Nagaland32
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1412
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1212
West Bengal13
Total21310128358743
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Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Bluebottle. 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-sarpedon, accessed 2024/12/06.