Subspecies in India
(1) Sarangesa dasahara dasahara (Moore, [1866]) – Indian Common Small Flat. Several subspecies, including the Andamanese Sarangesa dasahara sandra Evans, 1949, have been described from India. Their taxonomic validity is questionable since the presumed subspecific variations are not geographically structured.
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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Kerala | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 37 | 16 | 15 | ||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 49 | 76 | 36 | 22 |
Asystasia (Bell 1924; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Blepharis asperrima (Bell 1924; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Lepidagathis cuspidata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Acanthaceae).
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. and A. Soman 2023. Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, [1866]) – Common Small Flat. 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/sarangesa-dasahara, accessed 2023/12/01.