Subspecies in India
Taxonomic Information
This species, which is also known as the Bicolour Ace, was traditionally treated as a species under the genus Sovia, as Sovia hyrtacus, but was recently moved to the newly raised genus, Halpemorpha Huang, Fan & Chiba, 2019 (Huang et al. 2019).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
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| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 24 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
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| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
Bambusa spp., Ochlandra scriptoria, Ochlandra talbotii, Ochlandra travancorica (Poaceae).
Kydia calycina (Malvaceae) is also reported but needs verification.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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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(4): 11495–11550.
Page citation
Saji, K., B. Valappil, and K. Kunte 2026. Halpemorpha hyrtacus (de Nicéville, 1897) – White-branded Ace. 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/halpemorpha-hyrtacus, accessed 2026/05/24.