Subspecies in India
(a) Spialia galba galba (Fabricius, 1793) – Indian Grizzled Skipper
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
The historically well-known range of Lethe ramadeva in India is Sikkim. This appears to be the first record of the species from Arunachal Pradesh, and the species likely occurs all along the mid-elevations in the Eastern Himalaya.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
This is a very rare species that is known only from a few localities. Modern records are scarce. It occurs in mixed subtropical evergreen forests at mid-elevations.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 72 | 53 | 52 | 28 | 24 | 12 |
Glycine max (Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae). Alcea rosea (Robinson et al. 2010), Hibiscus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Sida rhombifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Melochia corchorifolia (Kalesh & Prakash 2007), Urena lobata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Waltheria indica (Davidson et al. 1897; Swinhoe 1913; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Malvaceae).
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
Anonymous 2023. Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793) – Asian Grizzled Skipper. 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/spialia-galba, accessed 2023/04/01.