Subspecies in India
(1) Euploea sylvester coreta (Godart, 1819) – Double-branded Black Crow
(2) Euploea sylvester hopei C. & R. Felder, [1865] – Cachar Double-branded Blue Crow
(3) Euploea sylvester harrisi C. & R. Felder, [1865] – Indo-Chinese Double-branded Blue Crow
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The subspecies gafuri is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 10 | 9 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Kerala | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 32 | 31 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 6 |
Cynanchum spp. (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Hoya spp. (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ichnocarpus frutescens (Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae). Ficus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) Ficus exasperata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ficus microcarpa (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ficus racemosa (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Moraceae).
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. Euploea sylvester (Fabricius, 1793) – Double-branded Crow. 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/euploea-sylvester, accessed 2025/10/30.