Subspecies in India
(1) Chilades parrhasius parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) – Parrhasius Small Cupid
(2) Chilades parrhasius minuta (Evans, 1932) – Sindh Small Cupid
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
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| Kerala | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 1 | |||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 41 | 32 | 39 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 32 | 7 |
Acacia (Kunte 2000), Acacia nilotica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Dichrostachys cinerea (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Fabaceae).
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. Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793) – Small Cupid. 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/chilades-parrhasius, accessed 2025/10/28.