Subspecies in India
(1) Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Oriental Mottled Emigrant
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 Andaman & Nicobar Islands UT, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry UT, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 36 | 13 | 30 | 19 | 4 | |
| Kerala | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 6 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Punjab | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Telangana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |||
| Total | 15 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 90 | 113 | 92 | 64 | 26 |
Cassia fistula, Cassia javanica (=Cassia renigera), Ormocarpum cochinchinense, Senna alata, Senna auriculata, Senna obtusifolia, Senna occidentalis, Senna sophera, Senna sulfurea, Senna tora, Sesbania spp., Sesbania bispinosa, Sesbania grandiflora, Sesbania sesban (Fabaceae). Lasiosiphon glaucus (=Gnidia glauca) (Thymelaeaceae).
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
Saji K., M. Bhakare & S. Debnath 2025. Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Mottled Emigrant. 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/catopsilia-pyranthe, accessed 2025/12/16.