Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
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
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | ||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 8 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 13 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | ||
| Total | 34 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 43 | 38 | 88 | 65 | 81 | 68 |
Butea monosperma (Fabaceae), Dendrophthoe falcata, Dendrophthoe glabrescens, Loranthus cordifolius, Helicanthes elasticus, Loranthus longiflorus, Scurrula parasitica, Taxillus vestitus (Loranthaceae). Abelmoschus moschatus, Pterospermum acerifolium (Malvaceae). Viscum album (Santalaceae).
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.
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 T. Bhagwat 2023. Delias eucharis (Drury, 1773) – Indian Jezebel. 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/delias-eucharis, accessed 2023/10/03.