Subspecies in India
(1) Parantica aglea aglea (Stoll, [1782]) – Coromandel Glassy Tiger
(2) Parantica aglea melanoides Moore, 1883 – Himalayan Glassy Tiger
(3) Parantica aglea melanoleuca Moore, 1877 – Andaman Glassy Tiger
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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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Assam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 8 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 29 | 18 | 14 | ||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 23 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 66 | 63 | 35 | 24 |
Calotropis gigantea (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ceropegia bulbosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Ceropegia lawii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Cryptolepis dubia (Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Tylophora indica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Tylophora flexuosa (Davidson & Aitken 1890; Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae).
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, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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, 10:11495–11550.
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., H. Ogale and M. Bhakare 2024. Parantica aglea (Stoll, [1782]) – Glassy Tiger. 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/parantica-aglea, accessed 2024/04/20.