Tagiades gana (Moore, [1866]) - Suffused Snow Flat

Subspecies in India

(1) Tagiades gana silvia Evans, 1934 – Dakhan Suffused Snow Flat
(2) Tagiades gana athos Plötz, 1884 – Bengal Suffused Snow Flat
(3) Tagiades gana alica Moore, 1877 – Andaman Suffused Snow Flat
 

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT164114
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam21311121
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh111
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa1111
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka118722
Kerala511171373
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra21253
Manipur
Meghalaya61
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura161
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total93816711202724118

Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea oppositifolia, Dioscorea wallichii (Dioscoreaceae).

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(4): 11495–11550.

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Tagiades gana (Moore, [1866]) – Suffused Snow 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/tagiades-gana, accessed 2024/12/03.