Subspecies in India
(1) Graphium agamemnon agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental Tailed Jay
(2) Graphium agamemnon menides (Fruhstorfer, 1904) – Dakhan Tailed Jay
(3) Graphium agamemnon andamana (Lathy, 1907) – Andaman Tailed Jay
(4) Graphium agamemnon decoratus (Rothschild, 1895) – Car Nicobar Tailed Jay
(5) Graphium agamemnon pulo Evans, 1932 – South Nicobar Tailed Jay
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
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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 | 2 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Assam | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 29 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 41 | 34 | 27 | 33 | 46 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 62 | ||
| Total | 93 | 23 | 21 | 33 | 33 | 46 | 56 | 84 | 73 | 57 | 74 | 127 |
Annona discolor, Annona glabra, Annona muricata, Annona reticulata, Annona squamosa, Artabotrys hexapetalus, Cananga odorata (=Uvaria odorata), Desmos chinensis, Goniothalamus cardiopetalus, Guatteria spp., Huberantha cerasoides (=Polyalthia cerasoides), Miliusa spp., Miliusa tomentosa, Mitrephora heyneana, Monoon longifolium (=Polyalthia longifolia), Polyalthia spp., Polyalthia suberosa, Uvaria narum (Annonaceae). Cinnamomum spp. (Lauraceae). Magnolia spp., Magnolia champaca (=Michelia champaca) (Magnoliaceae).
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(4): 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., H. Ogale, P. Churi, M. Mandal, Manoj P., F. Khan, and S. Sondhi 2025. Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tailed Jay. 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/graphium-agamemnon, accessed 2025/07/10.