Subspecies in India
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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This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry UT, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, 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 |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Kerala | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 48 | 29 | 19 | 13 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Telangana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 36 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 50 | 58 | 89 | 52 | 35 | 33 |
Palm spp., Arenga wightii, Borassus flabellifer, Calamus, Calamus rotang, Caryota mitis, Caryota urens, Cocos nucifera, Cyrtostachys renda, Dypsis lutescens, Dypsis madagascariensis, Latania lontaroides, Licuala chinensis, Licuala grandis, Phoenix sylvestris, Pritchardia pacifica, Rhapis excelsa, Rhapis humilis, Saribus rotundifolius (=Livistona rotundifolia), Syagrus romanzoffiana (=Arecastrum romanzoffianum), Washingtonia filifera (Arecaceae).
Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae). Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae).
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., V. Padwal and R. P. Das 2026. Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798) – Oriental Palm Bob. 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/suastus-gremius, accessed 2026/05/24.