Subspecies in India
(1) Chilades pandava pandava (Horsfield, [1829]) – Oriental Plains Cupid
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 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 13 | 4 | 27 | 52 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 14 | |
| Kerala | 12 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Maharashtra | 4 | 44 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Punjab | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 11 | |
| Total | 30 | 63 | 99 | 101 | 73 | 48 | 93 | 51 | 88 | 80 | 82 | 64 |
Cycadaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Cycas (Bell 1918a), Cycas circinalis (Robinson et al. 2010), Cycas revoluta (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), (Cycadaceae). Acacia (Robinson et al. 2010), Acacia nilotica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Bauhinia divaricata (Robinson et al. 2010) Bauhinia vahlii (Robinson et al. 2010), Bauhinia variegata (Robinson et al. 2010), Butea monosperma (Robinson et al. 2010) Caesalpinia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Moullava spicata (Davidson et al. 1896), Saraca asoca (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Xylia xylocarpa (Davidson et al. 1896; Bell 1918a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae). Schleichera oleosa (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Sapindaceae). Desmodium dalbergioides (Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae).
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., A. Soman, P. Churi, and A. Mitra 2025. Chilades pandava (Horsfield, [1829]) – Plains Cupid. 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/chilades-pandava, accessed 2025/05/21.