Subspecies in India
(2) Choaspes benjaminii japonica (Murray, 1875) – Oriental Common Awlking
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Assam | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 4 | |||||||
Kerala | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
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Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
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Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
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Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | |||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 |
Meliosma arnottiana, Meliosma pinnata, Meliosma simplicifolia (Meliosmaceae). Sabia campanulata (Sabiaceae).
Buddleja (Buddlejaceae) has also been reported but needs verification.
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
Kunte, K., S. Kalesh and Manoj P 2024. Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Common Awlking. 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/choaspes-benjaminii, accessed 2024/12/02.