Subspecies in India
(1) Vindula erota saloma de Nicéville, 1886 – Sahyadri Cruiser
(2) Vindula erota erota (Fabricius, 1793) – Thai Cruiser
(3) Vindula erota pallida Staudinger, 1885 – Andaman Cruiser
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The subspecies andamanicus 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 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Assam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||
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| Goa | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 14 |
Adenia hondala (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Passifloraceae).
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.
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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Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Vindula erota (Fabricius, 1793) – Cruiser. 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/vindula-erota, accessed 2024/09/16.