Talicada nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - Red Pierrot

Subspecies in India

(1) Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Indian 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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh121111
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam11
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh12
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi2133311134166
Goa2111
Gujarat
Haryana1
Himachal Pradesh121
Jammu and Kashmir UT11231
Jharkhand11
Karnataka1918719711181311131520
Kerala4323271011427
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1213112
Maharashtra2544127610101437365421
Manipur1
Meghalaya
Mizoram12
Nagaland1
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11113
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand2311564
West Bengal454911182
Total5774344135334236637210360
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.

 

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.