Subspecies in India
(1) Burara gomata gomata (Moore, [1866]) – Bengal Pale Green Awlet
(2) Burara gomata kanara (Evans, 1926) – Sahyadri Pale Green Awlet
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 ('WPAA').
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species has been recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This species is common.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Heteropanax fragrans, Schefflera sp., Schefflera elliptica, Schefflera lucidum, Schefflera venulosa, Schefflera wallichiana, Trevesia sundaica (Araliaceae).
Horsfieldia (Myristicaceae) and Embelia ribes (Primulaceae) have also been reported but need verification.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Tadse, S., and K. Kunte. 2026. Burara gomata (Moore, [1866]) – Pale Green Awlet. 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/burara-gomata, accessed 2026/05/24.


