Subspecies in India
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT, Daman & Diu UT, Delhi NCR, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | |
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 10 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 27 | 75 | 60 | 55 | 30 | 28 | 16 |
Glycine max (Fabaceae). Alcea rosea, Hibiscus spp., Sida rhombifolia, Melochia corchorifolia, Urena lobata, Waltheria indica (Malvaceae).
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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Page citation
Yadav, N., and K. Kunte. 2026. Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793) – Asian Grizzled Skipper. 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/spialia-galba, accessed 2026/05/24.