Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) - Common Banded Demon

Subspecies in India

(1) Notocrypta paralysos paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Andaman Common Banded Demon
(2) Notocrypta paralysos mangla Evans, 1949 – Sahyadri Common Banded Demon
(3) Notocrypta paralysos asawa Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Indo-Chinese Common Banded Demon
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT111
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh211122
Assam3122113
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka112111
Kerala351310137
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra2
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram1
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim11
Tamil Nadu
Tripura11
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total85374233515208

Curcuma spp., Curcuma aurantiaca, Zingiber spp. (Zingiberaceae).

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.

Page citation

Saji K. 2024. Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Common Banded Demon. 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/notocrypta-paralysos, accessed 2024/03/29.