Subspecies in India
(1) Kallima inachus inachus (Doyère, [1840]) – Himalayan Orange Oakleaf
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| Assam | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 2 |
LHP not reported from the Western Ghats. Elsewhere, it is known to feed on Strobilanthes, Strobilanthes capitata (Acanthaceae), Persicaria orientalis (Polygonaceae), Prunus persica (Rosaceae) and Girardinia diversifolia (Urticaceae).
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.
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
Chandrasekharan VK. 2025. Kallima inachus (Doyère, [1840]) – Orange Oakleaf. 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/kallima-inachus, accessed 2025/04/30.