Subspecies in India
(1) Horaga onyx onyx (Moore, [1858]) – Variable Common Onyx
(2) Horaga onyx cingalensis Moore, [1884] – Bright Blue Common Onyx
(3) Horaga onyx rana de Nicéville, 1888 – Andaman Common Onyx
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Horaga onyx cingalensis Moore, [1884] – Bright Blue Common Onyx
(3) Horaga onyx rana de Nicéville, 1888 – Andaman Common Onyx
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species 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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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 |
Horaga onyx cingalensis - Mangifera indica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Anacardiaceae). Coriaria nepalensis (Mackinnon & de Nicéville 1898; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010) (Coriariaceae).
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. Horaga onyx (Moore, [1858]) – Common Onyx. 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/horaga-onyx, accessed 2025/10/29.