Subspecies in India
(1) Polytremis discreta discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Himalayan White-fringed Swift. This is also known as the Himalayan Swift.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the 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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Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Assam | |||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
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Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | |||||||||||||
Kerala | |||||||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
West Bengal | |||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
Aduse-Poku, K., Lees, D. C., Brattström, O., Kodandaramaiah, U., Collins, S. C., Wahlberg, N. And Brakefield, P. M. (2016), Molecular phylogeny and generic-level taxonomy of the widespread palaeotropical ‘Heteropsis clade’ (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Mycalesina). Systematic Entomology, 41: 717–731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12183
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – White-fringed Swift. 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/polytremis-discreta, accessed 2024/12/10.