Subspecies in India
(1) Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa Möschler, 1878 – Sylhet Water Snow Flat
(2) Tagiades litigiosa andamanica Evans, 1932 – Andaman Water Snow Flat
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
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 26 | 11 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 73 | 20 | 3 | ||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 107 | 121 | 35 | 4 |
Dioscorea sp., Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea oppositifolia, Dioscorea pentaphylla, Dioscorea wallichii (Dioscoreaceae). Shorea roxburghii (Dipterocarpaceae). Smilax sp. (Smilacaceae).
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.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Tagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878 – Water Snow Flat. 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/tagiades-litigiosa, accessed 2025/10/25.