Subspecies in India
(1) Zeltus amasa amasa (Hewitson, [1865]) – Indian Fluffy Tit
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Assam | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 5 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 17 |
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.
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 2025. 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 2025/10/24.