Subspecies in India
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 ('WPAA').
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This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, 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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Kerala | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 24 | 39 | 17 | 17 | ||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 80 | 38 | 25 |
Asystasia, Asystasia dalzelliana, Cynarospermum asperrimum (=Blepharis asperrima), Lepidagathis cuspidata (Acanthaceae).
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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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(4): 11495–11550.
Page citation
Saji K. S. Saachi, and A. Soman. 2026. Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, [1866]) – Common Small 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/sarangesa-dasahara, accessed 2026/05/24.