Subspecies in India
(1) Hyarotis adrastus praba (Moore, [1866]) – Bengal Tree Flitter
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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This species is legally protected in India under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
Calamus spp., Calamus hookerianus, Calamus rotang, Licuala spp., Phoenix spp., Phoenix acaulis (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 2025. Hyarotis adrastus (Stoll, [1780]) – Tree Flitter. 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/hyarotis-adrastus, accessed 2025/11/02.