Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini > Appias
Appias indra (Moore, [1858]) – Plain Puffin
Subspecies in India:
(1) Appias indra indra (Moore, [1858]) – Himalayan Plain Puffin
(2) Appias indra shiva (Swinhoe, 1885) – Sahyadri Plain Puffin The subspecies shiva is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Drypetes oblongifolia (Kunte 2006; Robinson et al. 2010), Putranjiva roxburghii (Kunte 2006; Robinson et al. 2010) (Putranjivaceae).
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:
The subspecies shiva is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Pierini > Appias
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Churi, P. 2021. Appias indra (Moore, [1858]) – Plain Puffin. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/691/Appias-indra