Subspecies in India
(1) Graphium cloanthus cloanthus (Westwood, 1841) – Himalayan Glassy Bluebottle
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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This species has been recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir UT, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Graphium cloanthus (Westwood, 1841) – Glassy Bluebottle. 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/graphium-cloanthus, accessed 2025/11/06.