Gonepteryx amintha (Blanchard, 1871) - Orange Brimstone

Subspecies in India

(1) Gonepteryx amintha thibetana Nekrutenko, 1968 – Himalayan Orange Brimstone
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

This is an addition to the checklist of butterflies of India, having erroneously been described from SE Tibet, Lalung, Pachakshiri  as the type locality. However, Lalung  is in Mechuka (=Menchuka), West Siang, India (Sondhi and Roy, 2013).

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1212
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1212

Page citation

Sondhi, S., and P. K. Roy. 2024. Gonepteryx amintha (Blanchard, 1871) – Orange Brimstone. 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/gonepteryx-amintha, accessed 2024/03/19.