Subspecies in India
(1) Pelopidas agna agna (Moore, [1866]) – Bengal Obscure Branded Swift. This is also known as the Dark Branded Swift.
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 | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 11 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 45 | 26 | 12 |
Axonopus compressus (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Pennisetum sp. (Naik & Mustak 2020) (Poaceae).
Also, Poaceae (Wynter-Blyth 1957).
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.
Also, Poaceae (Wynter-Blyth 1957).
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
Anonymous 2023. Pelopidas agna (Moore, [1866]) – Obscure Branded Swift. 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/pelopidas-agna, accessed 2023/03/31.