Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
Taxonomic Information
This species is also known as the Himalayan Spotted Flat.
Earlier, Celaenorrhinus maculicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 - Separated Spotted Flat was treated as a subspecies of C. munda. However, the male genitalia of these two taxa are distinct, so they should be treated as two distinct species.
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 ('WPAA').
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species has been recorded so far from Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This species is common.
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 11 | 7 |
Unknown.
Page citation
Kunte, K., S. Tadse 2026. Celaenorrhinus munda (Moore, 1884) – Conjoined Spotted Flat. 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/celaenorrhinus-munda, accessed 2026/05/24.