Subspecies in India
(1) Mycalesis anaxias anaxias Hewitson, 1862 – Sahyadri White-bar Bushbrown
(2) Mycalesis anaxias aemate Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Indo-Chinese White-bar Bushbrown
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Mycalesis anaxias aemate - Indo-Chinese White-bar Bushbrown
Mycalesis anaxias anaxias - Sahyadri White-bar Bushbrown
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This species 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | |||||
| Kerala | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 10 | 3 |
Oplismenus compositus (Kunte 2000) (Poaceae).
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
Anonymous 2025. Mycalesis anaxias Hewitson, 1862 – White-bar Bushbrown. 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/mycalesis-anaxias, accessed 2025/10/24.