Subspecies in India
(1) Cupha erymanthis maja Fruhstorfer, 1898 – Sahyadri Rustic
(2) Cupha erymanthis lotis (Sulzer, 1776) – Himalayan Rustic
(3) Cupha erymanthis andamanica Moore, [1900] – Andaman Rustic
(4) Cupha erymanthis nicobarica (C. Felder, 1862) – Nicobar Rustic
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Kerala | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | ||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 22 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 21 |
Glochidion eriocarpum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Phyllantahceae). Flacourtia (Robinson et al. 2010), Flacourtia indica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Flacourtia jangomas (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Flacourtia montana (Bell 1910a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Salicaceae).
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 2025. Cupha erymanthis (Drury, [1773]) – Rustic. 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/cupha-erymanthis, accessed 2025/10/28.