Subspecies in India
(1) Papilio paris paris Linnaeus, 1758 – Chinese Paris Peacock
(2) Papilio paris tamilana Moore, 1881 – Sahyadri Paris Peacock (=Tamil Peacock)
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, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, 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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 2 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 63 | 5 | 1 |
Citrus spp., Citrus medica, Melicope lunu-ankenda, Toddalia asiatica, Zanthoxylum ovalifolium, Zanthoxylum oxyphyllum (Rutaceae).
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. Papilio paris Linnaeus, 1758 – Paris Peacock. 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/papilio-paris, accessed 2025/11/21.