Caprona ransonnettii (R. Felder, 1868) - Golden Angle

Subspecies in India

(1) Caprona ransonnettii potiphera (Hewitson, 1873) – Dakhan Golden Angle
 

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

This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry UT, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits. 

 

This is a common species. 

 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh331
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1142
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa2
Gujarat11
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT121
Jharkhand3
Karnataka22228111104
Kerala8312264378
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh131
Maharashtra19810238154017301714
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha11
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1367
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal12111342
Total33151510626284730563930

Erinocarpus nimmonii, Helicteres isora, Triumfetta rhomboidea, Urena lobata (Malvaceae).

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

 

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. 

 

Page citation

Saji K & P. Churi 2026. Caprona ransonnettii (R. Felder, 1868) – Golden Angle. 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/caprona-ransonnettii, accessed 2026/05/23.