Subspecies in India
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 | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Kerala | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 2 |
Grass spp. (Poaceae).
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
Anonymous 2024. Taractrocera maevius (Fabricius, 1793) – Grey-veined Grass Dart. 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/taractrocera-maevius, accessed 2024/04/18.