Subspecies in India
(2) Phaedyma columella ophiana (Moore, 1872) – Sikkim Short-banded Sailer
(3) Phaedyma columella binghami Fruhstorfer, 1905 – Nicobar Short-banded Sailer
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
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 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Assam | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | |||||||||||||
Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Maharashtra | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
Total | 10 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 9 |
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Phaedyma columella (Cramer, [1780]) – Short-banded Sailer. 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/phaedyma-columella, accessed 2024/09/07.