Subspecies in India
(2) Neptis jumbah nalanda Fruhstorfer, 1908 – Nalanda Chestnut-streaked Sailer
(3) Neptis jumbah amorosca Fruhstorfer, 1905 – Andaman Chestnut-streaked Sailer
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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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Kerala | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 6 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 30 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Total | 45 | 40 | 37 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 49 | 52 |
Neptis jumbah nalanda - Bombax (Robinson et al. 2010) Bombax ceiba (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Byttneria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Bombacaceae). Trema (Robinson et al. 2010) (Cannabaceae). Elaeocarpus (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Elaeocarpaceae). Mallotus philippensis (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Euphorbiaceae). Fabaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Cassia fistula (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Dalbergia (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Dalbergia latifolia (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Erythrina stricta (Saji et al. 2018), Moullava spicata (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Pongamia (Robinson et al. 2010), Pongamia pinnata (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Pterocarpus marsupium (Robinson et al. 2010), Xylia (Robinson et al. 2010), Xylia xylocarpa (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae). Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Kalesh & Prakash 2015) (Icacinaceae). Malvaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Grewia (Bell 1910; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Grewia serrulata (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Hibiscus (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Pterygota alata (Saji et al. 2018), Thespesia populnea (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Malvaceae). Rhamnaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Ziziphus (Bell 1910c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Ziziphus jujuba (Robinson et al. 2010) (Rhamnaceae). Urticaceae (Robinson et al. 2010).
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, 10:11495–11550.
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. Neptis jumbah Moore, [1858] – Chestnut-streaked Sailer. 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/neptis-jumbah, accessed 2025/11/04.