Zeltus amasa (Hewitson, [1865]) - Fluffy Tit

Subspecies in India

(1) Zeltus amasa amasa (Hewitson, [1865]) – Indian Fluffy Tit

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  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh131421532
Assam881225514
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh2121
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa2
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala111122138
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya125163
Mizoram11
Nagaland111
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim111211
Tamil Nadu
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal21521
Total344252266712221516
Ixora singaporensis (Rubiaceae) (Karmakar & Baidya 2018).

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 2024. Zeltus amasa (Hewitson, [1865]) – Fluffy Tit. 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/zeltus-amasa, accessed 2024/03/28.