Subspecies in India
(1) Athyma selenophora selenophora (Kollar, [1844]) – West Himalayan Staff Sergeant
(2) Athyma selenophora kanara (Evans, 1924) – Sahyadri Staff Sergeant
(3) Athyma selenophora bahula Moore, 1858 – Sylhet Staff Sergeant
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Assam | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| Kerala | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Total | 24 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 17 |
Haldina cordifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010), Mussaenda philippica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Wendlandia thyrsoidea (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Rubiaceae).
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.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Athyma selenophora (Kollar, [1844]) – Staff Sergeant. 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/index.php/athyma-selenophora, accessed 2025/10/29.