Subspecies in India
(1) Graphium nomius nomius (Esper, 1799) – Indian Spot Swordtail
(2) Graphium nomius swinhoei (Moore, 1878) – Indo-Chinese Spot Swordtail
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 Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 9 | 33 | 20 | 36 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 5 | 51 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 6 | 57 | 40 | 85 | 57 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Huberantha cerasoides (=Polyalthia cerasoides), Miliusa tomentosa, Miliusa velutina, Monoon longifolium (=Polyalthia longifolia) (Annonaceae).
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.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Graphium nomius (Esper, 1799) – Spot Swordtail. 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-nomius, accessed 2025/11/21.