Subspecies in India
(1) Athyma perius perius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental Common Sergeant
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 23 |
Glochidion eriocarpum (Robinson et al. 2010), Glochidion lanceolarium (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Glochidion heyneanum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Glochidion wrightii (Robinson et al. 2010), Phyllanthus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Phyllanthaceae).
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Athyma perius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Sergeant. 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/athyma-perius, accessed 2025/10/27.





