Subspecies in India
(1) Notocrypta paralysos paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Andaman Common Banded Demon
(2) Notocrypta paralysos mangla Evans, 1949 – Sahyadri Common Banded Demon
(3) Notocrypta paralysos asawa Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Indo-Chinese Common Banded Demon
(2) Notocrypta paralysos mangla Evans, 1949 – Sahyadri Common Banded Demon
(3) Notocrypta paralysos asawa Fruhstorfer, 1911 – Indo-Chinese Common Banded Demon
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Assam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Kerala | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 10 |
Curcuma spp., Curcuma aurantiaca, Zingiber spp. (Zingiberaceae).
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.
Page citation
Saji K. 2025. Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Common Banded Demon. 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/notocrypta-paralysos, accessed 2025/10/30.