Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Gujarat | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | |
| Kerala | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 41 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 37 | 16 | 41 | 40 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Telangana | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 52 | 26 | 14 | 33 | 48 | 30 | 34 | 57 | 71 | 51 | 84 | 63 |
Abrus precatorius, Aganope thyrsiflora, Butea monosperma, Derris scandens, Pongamia pinnata, Xylia xylocarpa, Dendrolobium triangulare (Fabaceae). Heynea trijuga (Meliaceae).
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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.
Page citation
Saji, K., H. Ogale, T. Bhagwat, F. Khan, O. Damle, R. P. Mahajan, M. Bhakare, N. Kawthankar, S. Aneesha, and K. Kunte 2026. Curetis thetis (Drury, [1773]) – Indian Sunbeam. 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/curetis-thetis, accessed 2026/05/24.