Subspecies in India
(1) Hyarotis adrastus praba (Moore, [1866]) – Bengal Tree Flitter
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 |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
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Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
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Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | 2 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
Calamus spp., Calamus hookerianus, Calamus rotang, Licuala spp., Phoenix spp., Phoenix acaulis (Arecaceae).
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Hyarotis adrastus (Stoll, [1780]) – Tree Flitter. 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/hyarotis-adrastus, accessed 2024/12/10.