Subspecies in India
(1) Megisba malaya thwaitesi Moore, [1881] – Tailless Malayan. This was earlier treated as a distinct species on this website. Recent work (male genitalia and molecular sequencing) has confirmed this to be a subspecies of Megisba malaya – Malayan, after all.
(2) Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884 – Variable Malayan
(3) Megisba malaya presbyter Fruhstorfer, 1918 – Andaman Malayan
The subspecies presbyter is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884 – Variable Malayan
(3) Megisba malaya presbyter Fruhstorfer, 1918 – Andaman Malayan
The subspecies presbyter is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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The subspecies presbyter 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 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Kerala | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 20 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 27 | 32 | 35 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 24 |
Mallotus philippensis (V.C. Balakrishnan & P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Mallotus repandus(V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), (Euphorbiaceae). Allophylus cobbe (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Erioglossum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Hemigyrosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Lepisanthes tetraphylla (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Schleichera oleosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Sapindaceae).
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.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Megisba malaya (Horsfield, [1828]) – Malayan. 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/megisba-malaya, accessed 2025/10/29.