Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Papilionidae > Papilioninae > Papilionini > Papilio
Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872 – Malabar Banded Peacock
Subspecies in India:
No subspecies are listed under this species.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Papilio buddha – Malabar Banded Peacock
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Zanthoxylum rhetsa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (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, 10:11495–11550.
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.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Papilionidae > Papilioninae > Papilionini > Papilio
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Girish Mohan, P. K. & P. Churi. 2021. Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872 – Malabar Banded Peacock. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.15. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/479/Papilio-buddha
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