
Subspecies in India
(1) Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Indian Red Pierrot
(2) Talicada nyseus khasiana Swinhoe, 1893 – Khasi Red Pierrot
(2) Talicada nyseus khasiana Swinhoe, 1893 – Khasi Red Pierrot
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
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 6 | |
Goa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Jharkhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Karnataka | 19 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 20 | |
Kerala | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Maharashtra | 25 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 36 | 54 | 21 | |
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
West Bengal | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||||
Total | 57 | 74 | 34 | 41 | 35 | 33 | 42 | 36 | 63 | 72 | 103 | 60 |
Kalanchoe (Robinson et al. 2010), Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Kalanchoe calycinum (Davidson et al. 1896; Bell 1918b; Robinson et al. 2010), Kalanchoe laciniata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Bryophyllum delagoense (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Bryophyllum pinnatum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Crassulaceae).
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Talicada nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Red Pierrot. 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/talicada-nyseus, accessed 2023/06/03.