Subspecies in India
(1) Junonia atlites atlites (Linnaeus, 1763) – Oriental Grey Pansy
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
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | ||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
Kerala | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | ||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Maharashtra | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 15 | |
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
West Bengal | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 11 | |
Total | 37 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 34 | 40 | 78 | 65 | 75 | 40 |
Barleria (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Hygrophila auriculata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Hygrophila costata (Robinson et al. 2010) (Acanthaceae).
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763) – Grey Pansy. 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/junonia-atlites, accessed 2024/12/10.