Subspecies in India
(1) Euthalia lubentina lubentina (Cramer, [1777]) – Chinese Gaudy Baron
(2) Euthalia lubentina arasada Fruhstorfer, 1913 – Sahyadri Gaudy Baron
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the 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 | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 31 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 42 | ||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 42 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 37 | 50 |
Dendrophthoe falcata, Dendrophthoe glabrescens, Loranthus longiflorus, Scurrula ferruginea, Scurrula parasitica (Loranthaceae).
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Euthalia lubentina (Cramer, [1777]) – Gaudy Baron. 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/euthalia-lubentina, accessed 2025/10/26.





