Ypthima ypthimoides (Moore, 1881) - Palni Four-ring

Subspecies in India

No subspecies are listed under this species.

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This species has been recorded so far from Kerala and Tamil Nadu within the Indian limits.

 

This is a common species.

 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala132311755
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total142321755

Axonopus compressus, Cyrtococcum trigonum, Polytrias indica, Setaria barbata (Poaceae).

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

 

bz148 , bz147 , bz146

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.

Page citation

Aneesha, S., and K. Kunte. 2026. Ypthima ypthimoides (Moore, 1881) – Palni Four-ring. 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/ypthima-ypthimoides, accessed 2026/05/24.