Subspecies in India
(1) Charaxes moori sandakanus Fruhstorfer, 1895 – Margined Malayan Nawab
Taxonomic Information
This is also known as the Malayan Nawab.
Conservation and Special status
The subspecies sandakanus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
This species has so far been recorded from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and West Bengal, within Indian limits.
This is a rare species that occurs in low-elevation evergreen forests in the Eastern Himalaya and NE India, to Indo-China and SE Asia.
The subspecies sandakanus is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Page citation
Kunte, K. 2026. Charaxes moori Distant, 1883 – Creamy Nawab. 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/charaxes-moori, accessed 2026/05/24.