Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878) - Dark Palm-Dart

Subspecies in India

(1) Telicota bambusae bambusae (Moore, 1878) – Oriental Dark Palm-Dart
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry UT, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits. 

 

This is a common species. 

 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh1113
Assam322123
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1123
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi131
Goa
Gujarat11
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka9211261394522
Kerala7112665132
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh11513
Maharashtra433112320372610
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim11211
Tamil Nadu11
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh1
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal111111125
Total2499468334538594024

Bambusa spp., Bambusa vulgaris (=Bambusa striata & Bambusa wamin), Bambusa tuldoides, Ochlandra travancorica, Oryza spp., Saccharum spp., Saccharum officinarum, Saccharum spontaneum (Poaceae).

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

 

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.
 

Page citation

Yadav, N., and K. Kunte. 2026. Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878) – Dark Palm-Dart. 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/telicota-bambusae, accessed 2026/06/08.