Subspecies in India
(1) Colotis etrida etrida (Boisduval, 1836) – Indian Little Orange-tip
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, Delhi NCR, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh, within the Indian limits.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 7 | |||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 5 | |||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Telangana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 49 | 12 | 11 | 6 |
Cadaba fruticosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Maerua oblongifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Capparaceae). Salvadora persica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Salvadoraceae).
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 2026. Colotis etrida (Boisduval, 1836) – Little Orange-tip. 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/colotis-etrida, accessed 2026/05/24.