Subspecies in India
Taxonomic Information
This species, which is also known as the Bicolour Ace, was traditionally treated as a species under the genus Sovia, as Sovia hyrtacus, but was recently moved to the newly raised genus, Halpemorpha Huang, Fan & Chiba, 2019 (Huang et al. 2019).
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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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 24 | |||||
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| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
Bambusa spp., Ochlandra scriptoria, Ochlandra talbotii, Ochlandra travancorica (Poaceae).
Kydia calycina (Malvaceae) is also reported but needs verification.
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(4): 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., B. Valappil, and K. Kunte 2025. Halpemorpha hyrtacus (de Nicéville, 1897) – White-branded Ace. 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/halpemorpha-hyrtacus, accessed 2025/07/07.