Subspecies in India
(2) Cephrenes acalle nicobarica Evans, 1932 – Nicobar Plain Palm-Dart
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
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This species has been recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 11 |
Borassus flabellifer, Cocos nucifera (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.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Cephrenes acalle (Höpffer, 1874) – Plain Palm-Dart. 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/cephrenes-acalle, accessed 2026/05/23.