Subspecies in India
(2) Tagiades japetus ravi (Moore, [1866]) – Himalayan Common Snow Flat
(3) Tagiades japetus ravina Fruhstorfer, 1910 – Andaman Common Snow Flat
(4) Tagiades japetus carnica Evans, 1934 – Car Nicobar Common Snow Flat
(5) Tagiades japetus nankowra Evans, 1934 – Central Nicobar Common Snow Flat
(6) Tagiades japetus helferi C. Felder, 1862 – Little Nicobar Common Snow Flat
Conservation and Special status
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
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| Karnataka | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 4 | |
| Kerala | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 14 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 25 | 23 | 35 | 17 |
Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea esculenta, Dioscorea oppositifolia, Dioscorea wallichii (Dioscoreaceae).
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.
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. Tagiades japetus (Stoll, [1781]) – Common Snow 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/tagiades-japetus, accessed 2025/11/01.