Subspecies in India
(1) Junonia atlites atlites (Linnaeus, 1763) – Oriental Grey Pansy
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 |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 4 | ||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
| Kerala | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Maharashtra | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 15 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 11 | |
| Total | 40 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 38 | 46 | 82 | 67 | 80 | 40 |
Barleria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Hygrophila auriculata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Hygrophila costata (Robinson et al. 2010) (Acanthaceae).
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.
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. Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763) – Grey Pansy. 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/junonia-atlites, accessed 2025/11/05.