Subspecies in India
(1) Ypthima baldus baldus (Fabricius, 1775) – Himalayan Common Five-ring
(2) Ypthima baldus madrasa Evans, 1923 – Sahyadri Common Five-ring
(3) Ypthima baldus satpura Evans, 1923 – Satpuda Common Five-ring
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
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| 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 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Kerala | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 17 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 9 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 4 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Total | 29 | 25 | 26 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 96 | 83 | 51 | 36 |
Poaceae (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000). A subspecies name, Ypthima baldus madrasa Evans, 1924, is often listed in literature but this represents infrasubspecific variation.
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.
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Page citation
Ogale. H. and K. Saji 2025. Ypthima baldus (Fabricius, 1775) – Common Five-ring. 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/ypthima-baldus, accessed 2025/10/28.