
Subspecies in India
(1) Iambrix salsala salsala (Moore, [1866]) – Eastern Chestnut Bob
(2) Iambrix salsala luteipalpis (Plötz, 1886) – Southern Chestnut Bob
(2) Iambrix salsala luteipalpis (Plötz, 1886) – Southern Chestnut Bob
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
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Assam | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 12 | 4 | |||
Kerala | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 7 | |
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 40 | 20 | 4 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
Total | 10 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 44 | 63 | 100 | 54 | 21 |
Poaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Axonopus compressus (Kalesh & Prakash 2007), Bambusa bambos (Davidson et al. 1897; Swinhoe 1913; Bell 1927; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Bambusa wamin (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Brachiaria mutica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Setaria barbata (Kalesh & Prakash 2007) (Poaceae).
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
Kandoth, S 2023. Iambrix salsala (Moore, [1866]) – Chestnut Bob. 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/iambrix-salsala, accessed 2023/12/05.