Subspecies in India
(1) Belenois aurota aurota (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian Pioneer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 37 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Kerala | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 5 | 8 | 51 | 42 | 74 | 85 | 69 | 27 | 21 | 35 | 26 | 10 |
Cadaba fruticosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis baducca (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis brevispina (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Capparis decidua (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis divaricata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Capparis pyrifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis sepiaria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis spinosa (Robinson et al. 2010), Capparis zeylanica (Kunte 2006; Robinson et al. 2010), Maerua cylindrocarpa (Robinson et al. 2010), Maerua oblongifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Capparaceae). Jasminum multiflorum (Robinson et al. 2010) (Oleaceae).
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
Saji K., M. Bhakare, and S. Kalluri 2023. Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) – Pioneer. 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/belenois-aurota, accessed 2023/05/28.