Subspecies in India
(2) Tagiades japetus ravi (Moore, [1866]) – Himalayan Common Snow Flat
(3) Tagiades japetus ravina Fruhstorfer, 1910 – Andaman Common Snow Flat
(4) Tagiades japetus carnica Evans, 1934 – Car Nicobar Common Snow Flat
(5) Tagiades japetus nankowra Evans, 1934 – Central Nicobar Common Snow Flat
(6) Tagiades japetus helferi C. Felder, 1862 – Little Nicobar Common Snow Flat
Conservation and Special status
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Assam | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 4 | |
Kerala | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
Mizoram | 2 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
Total | 14 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 35 | 17 |
Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea esculenta, 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 japetus (Stoll, [1781]) – Common 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-japetus, accessed 2024/11/10.