Subspecies in India
(1) Parthenos sylvia virens Moore, 1877 – Sahyadri Clipper
(2) Parthenos sylvia gambrisius (Fabricius, 1787) – Bengal Clipper
(3) Parthenos sylvia roepstorfii Moore, [1897] – Andaman Clipper
(4) Parthenos sylvia nila Evans, 1932 – Nicobar Clipper
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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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 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
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| Assam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Kerala | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | |||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tripura | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 9 | 3 |
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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d’Abrera, B. 1985. Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae & Amathusidae. Melbourne: Hill House. pp. 246–534.
Evans, W. H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd Edn.). Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 454.
Talbot, G. 1947. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies, Vol. 2. London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. pp. 506.
Page citation
Saji K., H. Ogale, and R. Lovalekar 2025. Parthenos sylvia (Cramer, [1775]) – Clipper. 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/parthenos-sylvia, accessed 2025/11/06.