Taxonomic Information
Common Name(s): Elusive Adjutant, Scarlet Adjudant
Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least ConcernPhoto Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has been recorded so far from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Gujarat within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Mitra, A. 2020. Aethriamanta brevipennis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T167270A83374763. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T167270A83374763.en. Downloaded on 14 August 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Aethriamanta brevipennis Rambur, 1842 – Scarlet Marsh Hawk. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/aethriamanta-brevipennis, accessed 2026/05/04.