Mycalesis visala Moore, [1858] - Long-branded Bushbrown

Subspecies in India

(1) Mycalesis visala visala Moore, [1858] – Indian Long-branded Bushbrown
(2) Mycalesis visala andamana (Moore, [1892]) – Andaman Long-branded Bushbrown

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT121
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh47212
Assam12111342
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh11
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh2
Maharashtra312142777123
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim111124321
Tamil Nadu
Tripura111
Uttar Pradesh1
Uttarakhand
West Bengal121121
Total63810957341417157

Echinochloa colona (Abhay Soman, 2014), Oplismenus burmanni (Abhishek Rane, 2023), Oryza sativa (Poaceae).

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.

Page citation

Soman, A., and A. Rane 2024. Mycalesis visala Moore, [1858] – Long-branded Bushbrown. 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/mycalesis-visala, accessed 2024/03/29.